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It took less than an hour for immigration agents to move Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk to New Hampshire after sweeping her off a street near the Somerville campus last week.
From MassLive
“This is not related to student protests,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. “The individual in question was arrested after a visa revocation by the State Dept. related to a pr...
From Associated Press
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
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ICE pulled a Tufts student off the street. New docs reveal what happened next
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ICE says a University of Minnesota student’s visa was revoked for drunken driving, not protests
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MSU Mankato says ICE detained student; reason unclear
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In new legal filings, US officials defend detention of Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk
Rümeysa Öztürk’s defense attorneys argue that Öztürk, a 30-year-old PhD student from Turkey, is being targeted for taking a public pro-Palestinian stance on Tufts campus last year in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech.
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Tufts PhD student was transported to Vermont after arrest in Massachusetts by immigration officials, court records show
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.
Tufts University student arrest generates 10x more coverage from legacy news than MS-13 gang leader: study
Media outlets offered 10 times more coverage of a Turkish student who was arrested for allegedly supporting terrorism than the capture of an alleged MS-13 gang leader.
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Tufts University student can't be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
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.
What we know about the Tufts University PhD student detained by federal agents
She is one of several foreign nationals affiliated with prestigious American universities to be arrested for purported activities related to terrorist organizations amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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Turkish student at Tufts University is latest Palestinian supporter swept up in US crackdown
BOSTON (AP) — A Turkish student detained by federal officers as she walked along a street in a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.
Tufts University student's visa revoked days before she was taken into custody in Massachusetts
New court filings reveal that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk​ was detained just days after her student visa was revoked by the State Department.
Tufts University international graduate student detained by federal agents
Tufts said it was told the student's visa status had been terminated, and the university is now working to confirm that information.
Tufts University student arrested by DHS agents
Doorbell camera video obtained by NBC News shows Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student, being detained by the Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation. NBC News' Antonia Hylton has more on the arrest and the statement from DHS.
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