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As the hearing came to a close, Ozturk's lawyer with her in Louisiana leaned over and hugged Ozturk with one arm as Ozturk leaned her head on to her lawyer’s shoulder.

After the hearing was adjourned, they stood and hugged.

Read it all at Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge in Vermont orders Rumeysa Ozturk be released "immediately"
Judge Sessions has found that Ozturk has raised "a very substantial First Amendment claim" and must be released "immediately." Also: The latest in the AEA litigation.
www.lawdork.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford said at a hearing Wednesday that Mahdawi had made “substantial claims that his detention is the result of a retaliation for protected speech that he engaged in as a college student on the Columbia campus.”

Read more:
Judge orders release of Columbia student arrested by ICE
Mohsen Mahdawi was detained as part of a broader crackdown by the Trump administration on international students. A federal judge ordered him released Wednesday.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM