US EditionTufts Doctoral Student Detained by ICE Despite Judge's Order, Location Confirmed in Louisiana
- Rumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents while legally residing in the U.S. On an F-1 visa, according to her lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai.
- Ozturk's detention has sparked protests in Somerville, with demonstrators condemning her arrest and calling for her release, as reported by multiple sources.
- Democratic U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley stated that Ozturk's arrest is a horrifying violation of constitutional rights.
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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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