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Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, a native of Turkey, was arrested by masked immigration enforcement agents in Somerville on Tuesday and sent to a detention facility in Louisiana.
From The Boston Globe
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
From Houston Chronicle
more than 100 protesters gathered to denounce the detention of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk
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Houston-area immigration attorneys say it's more important than ever to remember your rights if ICE pays a visit.
Top Democrats are calling for the release of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, writing a letter to Trump administration officials demanding answers.
A student at Tufts University arrested last week by ICE agents is one of several international students being targeted by the Trump administration over their pro-Palestinian activism. The arrests come after a Trump signed an executive order targeting anti-Semitism on college campuses.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national legally in the U.S. with a F-1 visa, was arrested by ICE agents near her home as she was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast, her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, told USA TODAY on Wednesday.
Media outlets offered 10 times more coverage of a Turkish student who was arrested for allegedly supporting terrorism than the capture of an alleged MS-13 gang leader.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."
Gov. Maura Healey says she has heard ‘really nothing’ from the administration over the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk or more than 300 others.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the agency and a statement the school.
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A Trump administration official says the Minnesota college student detained recently by ICE had his visa revoked over alleged drunken driving, and not related to pro-Palestinian protests.