NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." [www.tufts.edu/president/sp...](
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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
Tufts University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support o...
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NEW: DOJ goes full "technically correct, the best kind of correct" in a new brief telling Judge Boasberg why it didn't violate his orders—e.g., the court wrote that the govt couldn't "remove" anyone, not "undo removals that have already occurred"! [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiatxvabr5oqhbwm6kzhia6sr5b6ihpzx5dy3evf4p6fvsb74phzxq
NEW: The Trump administration has started new deportation proceedings against Mahmoud Khalil in Louisiana, now claiming he failed to disclose his membership in UNRWA and Columbia U Apartheid Divest and the precise length of his employment at the British Embassy in Beirut. (Links to docs in 🧵 below) [Trump Administration Lodges Ne...](
U.S. Lodges New Accusations Against Detained Columbia Protest Leader
The Trump administration is now accusing the Columbia University graduate and protest leader of having withheld information when he applied for per...
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NEW: Judge Boasberg orders DOJ to file by noon tomorrow, under seal (and ex parte), more info about the two planes that were in the air when the judge issued his temporary restraining order, to assess whether DOJ violated his order. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreib2wahez4i7zxxiwustyugccdldkgsnyjdfnskau6ou7aib7pwgby
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!!! NEW: DOJ tells Judge Boasberg that he should CANCEL the 5 p.m. hearing "because there has been no violation of the Court's orders, and because ...
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!! NEW: DOJ demands that the DC Circuit immediately reassign the case from Judge Boasberg, calling his questions "flagrantly improper" [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreidwvd6zffe3ynhmxoycxihucki7337pyxxrbzstbj7a2ush4iuyuu
!!! NEW: DOJ tells Judge Boasberg that he should CANCEL the 5 p.m. hearing "because there has been no violation of the Court's orders, and because the government is not prepared to disclose any further national security or operational security details." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiflbnj7hjfk6caibt7yye2kmh3gbphcruy2jroth33lkgh4zpv6xe
NEW: 17 pages of letters testifying to Mahmoud Khalil's character from his friends, colleagues, and teachers—some Jewish [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiggqfjmg6aiv2m6ekdmuilfwkkairyypxjf3zfnfloyomadrhgm5i
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife, Noor, files an upsetting but powerful statement with the court: "The past week has been the worst of my life, and I find myself without my single greatest source of support, in my time of greatest need." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicsti2xfwlnyp6e6d3kse3fpbitfckf66kot26vlxi6xts43aqwyu