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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

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This is a big win, but we will keep fighting until Mahmoud Khalil, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, and all people who are being detained by the Trump administration for their protected speech are free permanently. Tell Congress: Dissent is not grounds for deportation.

action.aclu.orgDissent Is Not Grounds For DeportationThe unconscionable, illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Badar Khan Suri, and other international scholars should alarm every one of us. Tell Congress to defend our right to free speech ...

So if these unlawful detentions start being released now, it's clear the Trump administration (regime) is testing how far they can push things. Rather than creating a line not to cross, though, they'll just delay until later, after other actions allow acting with impunity.

ICE didn’t try to detain Rümeysa Öztürk because she was a flight risk. They did it to humiliate her. To remind her, and us, who they think holds the leash. This is the Trump regime’s signature move: dehumanization as doctrine, cruelty as civic spectacle.

She’s free, but not safe. ICE is a system, not a mistake. Release is a pause—not protection. We must act. Not with outrage alone, but with infrastructure, with sanctuary, with networks that outlast the raid.

And this woman will never ever feel safe in America again … land and of the free? Home of the brave? Not those sniveling masked cowards who are too frightened to show their faces NOT out of danger out of fear of being recognized by friends and neighbors. Take your masks off trumps Ice proud boys.

So after being kidnapped and trafficked to another state a thousand miles from her home, she now has to make her own way home? Disgraceful. I hope she sues Trump and Homan personally for damages. Bastards.

Best recourse right now is a civil suit for violation of constitutional rights. Criminal suit would be very difficult. Punitive damages should be millions (if not more). True taxpayers might have to foot the bill, but those are the consequences for electing such heinous individuals.

#ICE - Is Not Fooling Anybody! #America Knows! Every Person who works for ICE - Is An Employee! Not One Of Them Is A Conscript or Prisoner! If Any ICE Employee Doesn't Like What They're Being Told To Do-They Can Refuse and Quit! Every ICE Employee Chooses To Do, "What The Government Tells Us".

Committee Member: "Ms. Öztürk, you were to send me your first 3 chapters. To date, I have not received them. You need to get serious about .....

AI might be able to predict our futures, but it's humans like Rümeysa Öztürk who show us the power of fighting for our rights. Bravo, ACLU, and thank goodness for bail!

US citizens can't be deported because they are citizens. If they have been removed from the US, it's illegal kidnapping and violation of their rights. Huge vibes of the Soviet Union exiling their dissidents but even worse because they exile even US born children with cancer.

The people who are working tirelessly to right these wrongs are heroes. When we finally get out of this national nightmare we will have a very clear plan for rebuilding America. Highlight and advance the elements of society that stood up and shame and ostracize those that did not.

Two Lists need to be made 1. Collaborators 2. Those who said NO And Collaborators (esp. #ICE Agents & ‘democrats’) to understand VERY CLEARLY, they would be REMEMBERED come the Revolution. The middle ground no longer exists. You’re either part of the solution, or part of the problem. #resist

Half the battle moving forward is finding people who understand this and are willing to play hardball w/ the opposition. I don’t think there’s any doubt that we can organize, but at a certain point someone from our side has to to step up and take these people head on. They won’t go quietly.

Why are they requiring bail for her release? She is guilty of nothing & she should sue ICE, the GOP & President Trump for false imprisonment. Yes, I know he can't be charged with any crimes as he is the President, to which I say again, "BULLSHIT, @REALDONALDTRUMP & SUPREME COURT JUSTICES!"

Good work! 👏 I was just talking with others about this…it’s great that Trump is being blocked by judges, and I’m thrilled that she was freed. But it can’t just be about blocking Trump. Keep fighting, and if you can, push for consequences. They need to be arresting those responsible.

Alhamdulillah" (ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ) means "praise be to God" and is a common phrase used by Muslims and non-Muslims alike to express gratitude and acknowledge Allah's blessings.

She's a student, not a soldier. I'm not sure I could cope with the stress of spending every minute of my life expecting masked kidnappers to take me. There are other universities in other countries where she would feel safe.