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Tufts University petitioned a federal judge to release student Rümeysa Öztürk late Wednesday, some of the strongest public pushback by a school against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign s...
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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.
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Outside the court building Thursday, protesters marched and held up signs on her behalf.
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Tufts University pushes for release of student grabbed off the street by immigration officials
The school's declaration in federal court on behalf of Rümeysa Öztürk is some of the strongest pushback by a university against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
Tufts University declares support for student detained by ICE, seeks immediate release
The President of Tufts University filed a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at the institution who is being detained by ICE. She was accused of supporting Hamas.
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk detained by ICE releases first public statement since arrest
"Efforts to target me because of my op-ed in the Tufts Daily calling for the equal dignity and humanity of all people will not deter me from my commitment to advocate for the rights of youth and children.
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ICE pulled a Tufts student off the street. New docs reveal what happened next
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 graduate student was held in Vermont after arrest in Massachusetts by immigration agents, feds say
After detaining Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court filings show, ICE officials placed her on a flight out of the airport in Burlington.
Lawyers for a Detained Tufts Student From Turkey Demand Her Case Remain in Massachusetts
Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities have argued that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts
Detained Tufts Student Suffering Serious Health Issues in DHS Custody
Rümeysa Öztürk, a doctoral student on a Fulbright scholarship, has had three asthma attacks while being held in a Louisiana detention center.
Lawyers for a detained Tufts student from Turkey demand she be returned to Massachusetts
Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk who was seized by immigration officials off a street near Boston argued in federal court Thursday that she should be returned
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Judge considers whether Tufts student's deportation case should be heard in Mass.
A federal judge in Boston heard arguments Thursday afternoon on whether a legal challenge to the detention of a Tufts University student should remain in Massachusetts.
Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home,
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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