Overview
- The proceedings were dismissed on January 29, according to ACLU filings disclosed Monday.
- ACLU lawyers said DHS did not meet the legal standard required to deport Rümeysa Öztürk.
- Authorities had revoked her student visa and arrested her last March, leading to 45 days in immigration detention before a federal judge ordered her release.
- A DHS spokesperson condemned the ruling as judicial activism, and Secretary Kristi Noem cautioned against using First Amendment claims to promote violence or terrorism.
- The government retains the option to appeal, and the case has become a prominent example of the Trump administration’s push to remove foreign students over pro-Palestinian speech.