Ozturk was suddenly arrested by plainclothes federal agents in March in an incident captured by a surveillance camera, but how only known activity was writing an op-ed for her student newspaper.

A federal judge ruled Friday that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk must be released from detention as her immigration proceedings continue in court. Ozturk was detained by federal authorities in March by officers in plainclothes after her student visa was revoked by the Trump administration,

"There has been no evidence that has been introduced by the government other than [an] op-ed," a federal judge said on Friday. "I mean, that literally is the case."