Court orders Trump administration to transfer Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont – Mondoweiss

On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration must transfer Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk from Louisiana to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in Vermont.

Last month, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions III ordered Trump to transfer Ozturk to Vermont, but the administration appealed the ruling. The judicial panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has now granted that order.

“The District of…