A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot deport the Tufts graduate student detained earlier this week while the case is being considered in court, NBC Boston reported.

U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper ruled that Rumeysa Ozturk cannot be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ozturk was transported to a detention center in Basile, Louisiana, after being detained Tuesday.

“To allow the Court’s resolution of its jurisdiction to decide the petition, Ozturk shall not be removed from the United States until further Order of this Court,” Casper said in her ruling.

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