US EditionDemocrats demand answers on arrest of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk
- Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student, was arrested by plainclothes ICE officers on Tuesday while walking in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to her attorneys.
- Her visa was reportedly canceled due to an op-ed criticizing her university's stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to her attorneys.
- Attorneys argue that her arrest aims to punish her speech and deter others from expressing pro-Palestinian views, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts District Court.
- A federal judge ruled that Ozturk cannot be deported without a court order, and the government must respond to her attorneys' complaint by Tuesday.
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Guv: Mass. immigration enforcement approach "is working"
BOSTON (SHNS) - The detention of Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish woman taken from a Somerville sidewalk by masked federal immigration agents last week, has become a focal point for pushback to President Donald Trump's immigration agenda, with some of the loudest opposition coming from activists, labor unions and members of the Congressional delegation. Gov. Maura Healey, in a TV interview that aired Sunday, continue…
Letter: Who will be next?
On March 26, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen and Fulbright scholar at Tufts University, was taken from a street near her home, kidnapped by a masked, black-shirted squad. Readers here must watch the cell phone video, a truly terrifying moment.
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