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Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay,” as the international student’s legal team continues to fight for her release after ICE agents grabbed her of...
The Boston Globe |
Minutes after Rümeysa Öztürk was taken into custody on a Somerville sidewalk by masked ICE agents at 5:49 p.m. on March 25, according to the government, she was quickly sent on a circuitous trip: fro...
Associated Press |
They’ve asked the judge to order that she be immediately returned to Massachusetts and released from custody.

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