After detaining Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court records state, ICE officials put her on a flight out of the airport in Burlington.
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.
A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained Tuesday can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.
Tufts University international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk was taken into custody by federal authorities Tuesday.
The Service Employees International Union rallied Tuesday in downtown Boston for the release of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Attorney General Andrea Campbell attended.
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New court filings reveal that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained just days after her student visa was revoked by the State Department.
President Trump has ramped up his attacks on the universities and students that he says have abided by growing antisemitism on campus. And that has some Jewish students and professors feeling uneasy.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the agency and a statement the school.