Friends of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested in Somerville last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, are speaking out.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national legally in the U.S. with a F-1 visa, was arrested by ICE agents near her home as she was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast, her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, told USA TODAY on Wednesday.

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.

Tufts doctoral student and research assistant was picked up on the street close to her home by masked federal agents in plain clothes

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.

Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was detained by federal immigration authorities late Tuesday, according to her attorney and activists.

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

Top Mass. lawmakers are calling for the release of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk following her arrest by federal immigration officers on the street last week over her pro-Palestine advocacy.