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Her case has drawn international attention as the Trump administration attempts to deport Öztürk and others under a relatively obscure provision of federal immigration law that allows for the deportat...
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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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Tufts University declares support for student detained by ICE, seeks immediate release
Tufts University is seeking the release of international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was taken into custody by federal agents.
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.
New details about the case of the Tufts University student detained by ICE
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.
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
Hundreds attend rally in support of detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk
Protesters gathered to denounce the detention of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was apprehended by masked immigration agents last week.
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.
Tufts University says PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk should be ‘released without delay’
Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.
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,
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Tufts graduate student was held in Vermont after arrest in Massachusetts by immigration agents, feds say
After detaining Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court filings show, ICE officials placed her on a flight out of the airport in Burlington.
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Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk arrested by ICE. MA AG calls it 'disturbing'
The arrest of Tufts University by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being called "disturbing" by the Massachusetts Attorney General. Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national legally in the U.S. with a F-1 visa, was arrested by ICE agents near her ...
VIDEO: ICE agents arrest Turkish student at Tufts University
Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts, was handcuffed and hauled away Tuesday night on a Boston street.
‘ICE kidnapped our neighbor’: Outrage at arrest of Tufts student spreads as lawmakers demand answers
Rumeysa Ozturk's detention sparked continued protests, allegations that federal officials broke the law, and more.
Tufts University student arrest generates 10x more coverage from legacy news than MS-13 gang leader: study
Media outlets offered 10 times more coverage of a Turkish student who was arrested for allegedly supporting terrorism than the capture of an alleged MS-13 gang leader.
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