Court ends deportation bid against Tufts student critical of Israel

A U.S. immigration court terminated the Trump-era effort to deport Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts Ph.D. student and pro-Palestinian activist who criticized Israel, after finding the government had not met its burden to justify removal. The decision, filed under seal in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as she challenges her arrest and detention, does not moot her habeas corpus petition. The government has criticized the ruling as judicial activism, while Öztürk’s lawyers argue that the case highlights risks to noncitizens whose speech is politically controversial.