President Donald Trump has made no secret of his intention to deport foreign nationals who support or promote terrorist organizations or otherwise engage in illegal activity.
Not surprisingly, however, the Trump administration has encountered obstacles erected by Democrat-aligned activist federal district court judges who are increasingly asserting a controversial degree of authority over the executive branch.
This was evidenced by a ruling preventing the deportation of a Tufts University graduate student, as Fox News reports.
At issue late last week was the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, an international student from Turkey living in Somerville, Massachusetts, who was detained by federal authorities near her off-campus apartment.
A representative from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asserted that Ozturk has been “engaged in activities in support of Hamas.”
According to Fox News, she co-authored an op-ed piece last year in the Tufts Daily blasting the school’s stance on Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Ozturk and her co-authors demanded that Tufts “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide” and adjust its financial affairs based on other entities’ ties to the Jewish state.
After her arrest, Ozturk was taken to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, presumably in preparation for eventual deportation, a move