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U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III ordered on Friday that Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk be moved to Vermont no later than May 1 from Louisiana where she is currently detained. Sessions concluded that the Vermont district court holds jurisdiction to consider Öztürk’s request for habeas relief.

Federal immigration officials must transport Rümeysa Öztürk back to Vermont, a federal judge ruled Thursday after the government continued to fight to keep the Tufts PhD candidate in Louisiana as she faces deportation proceedings.