University officials called for the Turkish doctoral student's “release without delay,” according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.
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.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the agency and a statement the school.
A Tufts University student is being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, and there are growing questions about how she was taken into custody.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts, was handcuffed and hauled away Tuesday night on a Boston street.
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A Turkish student detained 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.
Hundreds of people gathered to demand the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents.
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New court filings reveal that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained just days after her student visa was revoked by the State Department.