Ozturk was one of four students who wrote an op-ed in the campus newspaper, The Tufts Daily, last year criticizing the university’s response to student activists demanding that Tufts “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide,” disclose its investments and divest from companies with ties to Israel.

The 30-year-old Ph.D student was taken by immigration authorities on March 25 while walking in Somerville. Less than 24 hours later, she was whisked away to an immigration detention facility in Basile, Louisiana after making several stops around New England.