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On March 25, 2025, Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk reportedly was apprehended and detained by six masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Somerville, Massachus...
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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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Top Democrats are calling for the release of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, writing a letter to Trump administration officials demanding answers.
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New court filings reveal that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained just days after her student visa was revoked by the State Department.
Senator Warren is demanding answers about Rumeysa Ozturk's “disturbing” arrest and detainment by ICE officials.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen studying at Tufts University, was taken into federal custody Tuesday, the university said, in the latest apparent example of the Trump administration targeting students with pro-Palestinian views.
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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SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the federal government from deporting a detained Tufts University graduate student following her arrest by immigration officers. Since her arrest a group of lawmakers have been calling for her immediate release.
BOSTON (AP) — A Turkish student ambushed by federal police as she walked on the streets of a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.
Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by federal agents and had her student visa revoked after DHS said Homeland Security and ICE investigators found she “engaged in activities in support of Hamas.