A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student accused of supporting Hamas.

Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was detained Tuesday by ICE agents near her Massachusetts residence after Homeland Security determined she “engaged in activities in support of the terrorist organization responsible for the October 2023 massacre against Israel.” She landed on federal authorities’ radar after co-authoring a controversial opinion piece in The Tufts Daily last year demanding the university “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide” and divest from companies with any connections to Israel.

Despite officials moving swiftly to transfer her to a Louisiana detention facility, Judge Denise Casper intervened Friday, ordering a pause on deportation proceedings.

“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,” wrote Judge Casper, giving the Trump administration until Tuesday to defend their actions.

Unlike his predecessor, President Donald Trump has made clear that non-citizens supporting terrorist organizations have no place in America. Officials have reportedly revoked over 300 visas from individuals participating in radical pro-Hamas demonstrations that have disrupted campuses nationwide.

“If you apply for a visa to enter the United States and be a student, and you tell us the reason you are coming to the United States is not just because you want to write op-eds, but because you want to participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus — we’re not going to give you a visa,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Thursday during a  press conference in Guyana.

“If you lie to us and get a visa and then enter the United States, and with that visa, participate in that sort of activity, we’re going to take away your visa. And once you’ve lost your visa, you’re no longer legally in the United States,” he said. “And we have a right, like every country in the world has a right, to remove you from our country. So it’s just that simple.”