About This Trend

Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national and PhD student at Tufts University who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

She is trending after a federal judge ordered her immediate release from ICE custody, citing concerns over First Amendment and due process violations. The detention followed her co-authoring an op-ed about the war in Gaza, sparking widespread attention and legal challenges. .

---