US EditionTufts Doctoral Student Detained by ICE Despite Judge's Order, Location Confirmed in Louisiana
- Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student, was detained by ICE outside her apartment despite a federal judge's order preventing her removal from Massachusetts, according to her attorney Mahsa Khanbabai.
- Tufts University President Sunil Kumar announced Ozturk's detention in an email, confirming her visa had been terminated after she co-authored an op-ed supporting the Palestinian cause.
- Ozturk's detention has led to worries among international students at Tufts about their safety, with students voicing concerns about deportation and the state of the country.
- Her arrest has prompted protests at Tufts University, as activists demand attention to the plight of Ozturk and similar detainees.
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Protests erupt after Tufts student detained by ICE agents
Hundreds of protesters gathered near Tufts University’s campus on Wednesday calling for the federal government to release doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk. It comes after Ozturk's attorney says the Turkish national with a valid student visa was detained by federal authorities wearing masks as she was walking home. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for TODAY.
Protests erupt after PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk's abduction by masked US agents
Masked agents abducted PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville on 25 March. Focusing on her opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the US government revoked her visa. Critics have called her kidnapping a “chilling violation of civil liberties“. The Trump regime continues to kidnap people across the US. Here they kidnapped a PHD Student Rumeysa Ozturk in broad daylight for publishing an article last year, critical of Israel’s war crimes in Ga…
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