Ozturk, Tufts University and ICE
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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.
From Associated Press News
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
From The Washington Post
Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.
From Houston Chronicle
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Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.
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 doctoral student and research assistant was picked up on the street close to her home by masked federal agents in plain clothes
Rumeysa Ozturk’s legal team, which now includes the ACLU, has filed an amended habeas petition in Massachusetts federal court — challenging the pro-Palestinian international
The Tufts student snatched off the street seems to be in trouble with ICE just for writing an op-ed. That’s going way too far.
Öztürk was detained at about 5:15 p.m. According to the timeline provided by the government, she left Somerville in ICE custody at 5:49pm, stopped in Methuen and departed at 6:36 p.m. for Lebanon, New Hampshire. Öztürk left Lebanon for the ICE field Office in St. Albans, Vermont, arriving at 10:28 p.m.
5don MSN
Rumeysa Ozturk's detention sparked continued protests, allegations that federal officials broke the law, and more.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was detained by six plainclothes officers who pulled masks over their faces before arresting her.