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Boston.com |
“I am a Ph.D. student working with children and youth,” Öztürk said in a statement dictated to her attorney.
The Washington Post |
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
Seattle Times |
U.S. government attorneys said it should be dismissed and go before an immigration judge.

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