The school's declaration in federal court on behalf of Rümeysa Öztürk is some of the strongest pushback by a university against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.

Tufts University has petitioned a federal court to immediately release Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested by US immigration authorities directly off the street, NBC News reports. Rümeysa Öztürk,

This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure,” Representative Ayanna Pressley said.

Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.

University officials called for the Turkish doctoral student's “release without delay,” according to court documents filed Wednesday.

Tufts University wants a federal judge to release, without delay, Rumeysa Ozturk, the Fulbright Scholar from Turkey grabbed off the street by masked ICE agents.

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.

A Tufts University student from Turkey, who was arrested last week in Massachusetts by U.S. immigration officials after advocating for Palestinians amid Israel's war in Gaza, said on Thursday that she would not be deterred.

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities have argued that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts. But U.S. government attorneys said at a court hearing Thursday in Boston that the case should go before an immigration judge.