An immigration judge denied bond for a Tufts University student from Turkey who has been detained by authorities in Louisiana for three weeks over what her lawyers say is apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities have argued that she should be returned to Massachusetts.

The Tufts University student that ICE grabbed off the street was denied bond in her immigration case Immigration authorities arrested Öztürk in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25. She co-wrote an opinion essay in March 2024 in the student newspaper criticizing the school’s response to demands that it “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide” and “divest from companies with direct or indirect ties to Israel.