In a motion filed in federal court, her lawyers said it’s “plain that Ms. Öztürk is being retaliated against.”

Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal counsel filed a motion to the United States District Court for the District of Vermont for her immediate release or, alternatively, her return to Vermont. The government’s counsel argues that Öztürk’s petition remains improperly filed and that the only court with the proper jurisdiction over her case is in Louisiana,

A 2024 report found women held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile complained of filth and abusive treatment by guards.