A federal judge ruled this week that the Trump administration must restore the student and exchange visitor information system record for Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University in the Boston area.

SEVIS records are necessary for non-immigrant students to study and work in the United States.

Denise Casper, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, stated in her order that Ozturk demonstrated suffering “irreparable harm” because “she continues to lose out on paid on-campus employment in which she would otherwise be engaged.”

Ozturk, who was slated to graduate next year, also lost out “on a unique opportunity to work with her adviser on a project that would further her doctoral training and professional development,” the

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