A court said on Wednesday that a student from Turkey who was in a detention center should go back to New England for meetings about her situation.

A court said "no" to the government's request for more time. The court in New York agreed with Rumeysa Ozturk after listening to people speak on Tuesday. Ozturk has been in Louisiana for more than six weeks. This happened because she wrote an article last year with someone else. The article was about how the school reacted to the war in Gaza.

The court said Ozturk must go to ICE in Vermont by May 14.

The court said that Ozturk's immigration case started in Louisiana. This case is happening in a different court, and he can join the court meeting by video call.

A judge in Vermont said the 30-year-old student had to come to the state. The court wanted to know if she was kept there against the law. The student's lawyers say keeping her there is against her rights, like the right to speak and the right to a fair process.

The first date was May 1. A meeting about her request to get out of prison was planned for Friday in Burlington. Another meeting was planned for May 22.

The government did not like the first decision. They said the court in Louisiana should decide Ozturk's case. Last week, the court stopped the plan to move Ozturk for a short time because they were thinking about the government's request. But on Wednesday, the court said no to stopping it for a longer time.

The court that heard the appeal said the Vermont court was the right place for Ozturk to ask to be free. It also said the government did not show that it would be hurt in a way that could not be fixed. The court said it was more important for Ozturk to be at the meetings in Vermont than for the government to save time and money.

The government says it would be hard for Ozturk to attend her immigration meetings in Louisiana online. But the government agrees it is possible for Ozturk to attend the removal meetings online.

We sent an email to the US government office that deals with people coming into the country to ask what they thought.

On March 25, immigration officers stopped Ozturk on a street near Boston. They drove her to New Hampshire and Vermont. Then they put her on a plane to a place in Louisiana where people are kept. Her student visa was taken away a few days before, but she didn't know this, her lawyers said.

Ozturk's lawyers started a legal process for her in Massachusetts. But they didn't know where she was. They couldn't talk to her for more than a day after she was arrested. A judge in Massachusetts later moved the case to Vermont.

The court wrote, "The government now says this transfer was not right. The government is wrong."

Last year, Ozturk and three other students wrote an article in the school newspaper. They said the university did not help students enough. These students wanted the university to say that bad things are happening to Palestinians. They also wanted the university to show where it puts its money and stop investing in companies connected to Israel.

A government paper said Ozturk's visa was stopped. This happened because her actions could hurt the US's relationships with other countries. She made it hard for Jewish students and seemed to support a group that is seen as dangerous. She also wrote an article with a group that was not allowed on campus for a short time.

Someone from the government said in March that Ozturk helped Hamas. The US says Hamas is a terrorist group.

Esha Bhandari, one of Ozturk's lawyers, stated that no one should be imprisoned for their political beliefs. She emphasized that Rumeysa Ozturk has been held in detention for an excessive period. Furthermore, she expressed gratitude that the court rejected the government's effort to isolate her from her community and legal representation while she seeks her release.