Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk was released from a Louisiana detention center Friday, six weeks after masked federal agents took her into custody amid the Trump administration’s effort to deport noncitizens who have protested against the war in Gaza.

Thank you so much for being here,” Öztürk said. "I really appreciate you being here, and thanks so much for all the support and love.”

A district court judge ordered the Tufts Ph.D. student to be released on bail after more than six weeks in detention for merely writing an op-ed in her student newspaper.