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Tufts University administrators said Wednesday that they had “no information to support” the allegations made by federal officials against Rümeysa Öztürk, the graduate student who was detained by ICE ...
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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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Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.
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