Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home,

Lawyers for Rümeysa Öztürk , the Tufts international grad student arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, and counsel for the federal government argued before U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper on Thursday, carving out arguments over whether the case should be dismissed or moved due to issues around jurisdiction.

Tufts Democrats and Voters of Tomorrow Boston held an event Tuesday evening, bringing students together to directly call elected officials to demand support for Rumeysa Öztürk, a graduate student who was detained on March 25.

The Justice Department argued a federal judge in Boston lacks jurisdiction to decide the legality of Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk's ICE detention.

Öztürk was detained at about 5:15 p.m. According to the timeline provided by the government, she left Somerville in ICE custody at 5:49pm, stopped in Methuen and departed at 6:36 p.m. for Lebanon, New Hampshire. Öztürk left Lebanon for the ICE field Office in St. Albans, Vermont, arriving at 10:28 p.m.