More than two dozen Jewish groups oppose arrest of Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk

ICE has broad power to detain and arrest noncitizens – but is still bound by constitutional limits

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers restrain a detained person on Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. Associated Press News reports of noncitizens unexpectedly being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have dominated headlines in recent weeks. Those being detained include noncitizens who hold lawful permanent residency status. One story concerns the March 8, 2025, arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent r…

Jewish groups and synagogues defend students detained by ICE

Nearly 1,000 international students in the US have lost legal status since mid-March. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tufts student from Turkey details arrest, crowded detention conditions in court filing​

A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey is demanding her release after she was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home, detailing how she was scared when the men grabbed her phone and feared she would be killed. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, who has since been moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Basile, Louisiana, provided an...

Turkish student says she feared for her life during arrest by US federal agents

Rumeysa Ozturk describes 'terrifying' detention, untreated asthma attacks in custody - Anadolu Ajansı

27 Jewish groups file brief opposing Tufts student’s detainment

27 Jewish groups filed a brief supporting Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, condemning her detention as a misuse of antisemitism to silence free speech and protest.

‘Citizenship won’t save you’: Free speech advocates say student arrests should worry all

In recent weeks, several international university students have been taken by immigration agents or had their legal status questioned.Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Öztürk was detained by masked agents in plainclothes as she walked to meet friends for dinner. She says she is being targeted over an op-ed about Gaza that she wrote in the Tufts University student newspaper.Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested in his un…