Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University, who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

The US State Department has found no evidence to support allegations that Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University, was involved in antisemitic activity or supported terrorism, according to a report in The Washington Post.

The memo, which was shared with The Washington Post by anonymous sources, indicated that Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not have adequate justification to revoke Ozturk’s visa under a provision meant to protect US foreign policy interests.

Her detention followed criticism by the pro-‘Israel’ website Canary Mission, which had targeted her for co-authoring an op-ed in The Tufts Daily in March 2024.