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Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the U.S. had revoked her student visa, linking her case to the administration’s ongoing crackdown on student activism and implying she is a protester.
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U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston said that to provide time to resolve whether her court retained jurisdiction over the case, she was barring Ozturk's deportation temporarily.
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Ozturk was suddenly arrested by plainclothes federal agents Tuesday in an incident captured by a surveillance camera.
Rumeysa Ozturk’s legal team, which now includes the ACLU, has filed an amended habeas petition in Massachusetts federal court — challenging the pro-Palestinian international
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."
New court filings reveal that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained just days after her student visa was revoked by the State Department.
The Trump administration said she “engaged in activities in support of Hamas.” Her friends and lawyers say all she did was co-author an essay critical of the war in Gaza.
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People with ties to American universities, most of whom have shown support for pro-Palestinian causes, have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
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.
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Daily Voice on MSNTufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: ReportA Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents in Massachusetts last week was later located in a detention center more than 1,500 miles away in Louisiana, CNN reported.Rumeysa Ozturk, 30,
A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.