Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules
- Posted on December 9, 2025
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Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules
A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she deals with the consequences of having her visa revoked by the Trump administration, leading to six weeks of detention. The arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student studying children's relationship to social media, was among the first as the Trump administration began targeting foreign-born students and activists involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy. Öztürk has been out of a Louisiana immigrant detention center since May and back on the Tufts campus.