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It’s unclear on what grounds Ozturk was detained. However, the incident draws parallels to the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate who played a prominent role in campus...
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Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
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They’ve asked the judge to order that she be immediately returned to Massachusetts and released from custody.
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Tufts University Student Detained By Federal Agents On Way To Break Ramadan Fast
Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national studying for a Ph.D. under an F-1 visa. She was on her way to break her Ramadan fast with friends when agents from the Department of Homeland Security took her into custody near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to a statement her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, shared with HuffPost.
Detained Tufts student's lawyer says immigration officials are 'stalking Muslim students' during Ramadan
An attorney for Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University graduate student who was arrested in the street Tuesday by plain clothes immigration officers and had her visa revoked, says federal officers are intentionally targeting Muslim students during the holy month of Ramadan.
Video shows Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk detained by ICE on way to Ramadan iftar dinner
Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk is being held in Louisiana after she was detained by federal agents in Massachusetts.
Turkish student detained by ICE moved to Vermont before judge's order, government says
U.S. Justice Department lawyers say a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered that she b
In new legal filings, US officials defend detention of Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk
Rümeysa Öztürk’s defense attorneys argue that Öztürk, a 30-year-old PhD student from Turkey, is being targeted for taking a public pro-Palestinian stance on Tufts campus last year in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech.
ICE pulled a Tufts student off the street. New docs reveal what happened next
Within an hour of sweeping Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk off a sidewalk near the Somerville campus last week, immigration agents were quickly on the move.
Lawyers for a Detained Tufts Student From Turkey Demand Her Case Remain in Massachusetts
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
Detained Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk was one of several sent by ICE to Louisiana. Here’s why.
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, was arrested in Massachusetts and sent to the South Louisiana ICE processing center in the swamplands of Evangeline parish in Basile. Sending detainees to the cluster of remote immigration detention centers known as “Detention Alley” in the south is a common practice.
Judge to hear case of Tufts University student detained by ICE, school calls for her release
Tufts University is calling on ICE to release international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk as the case goes before a federal judge in Boston Thursday afternoon. CBS News Boston's Tiffany Chan and CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane have the latest.
Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home,
Deportation halted for Tufts student whose visa Rubio says was revoked due to activism
The government revoked Rumeysa Ozturk's visa due to her pro-Palestinian activism, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.
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Tufts student Rümeysa Özturk challenges detention in Boston court
A Tufts University student from Türkiye, who was arrested last week in Massachusetts by U.S. immigration officials after advocating for Palestinians
Tufts doctoral student speaks out for first time after she was grabbed by masked ICE agents
Surveillance footage shows a man with his head covered by a black hooded sweatshirt approaching her and grabbing her wrists. Another man in a ball cap and hooded sweatshirt then walks behind her before pulling out a badge from under his hoodie and grabbing Ozturk’s phone from her hand.
Tufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school says
A Tufts University PhD student on a visa was arrested by immigration authorities outside of Boston on Tuesday night, according to the school and the student's lawyer. The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, is a Turkish national, according to her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai.
A Video From Tufts Captures the Fear and Aggression in Trump’s Crackdown
The tactics on display in the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk were not new — plainclothes officers, faces obscured — but as ICE actions ramp up, scrutiny may increase.
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