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Ph.D. student at Tufts University, penned a lengthy account of her detainment by ICE in Vanity Fair this week.
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Rümeysa Öztürk describes ICE detention in op-ed: ‘All we wanted was to be seen as human again.’Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk said in an op-ed published Thursday that her abrupt arrest and detention by immigration agents was “a narrative of human suffering.” ...
Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 13, 2025 Rumeysa Ozturk, who was unlawfully detained by ICE and recently released, spoke at a press conference with members of Congress over the weekend.
A Homeland Security agent testified he was told not to tell a Tufts University student her visa had been revoked before arresting her.
Federal investigators normally tasked with uncovering narcotic and financial crimes were told to prioritize the arrest of a university student with no criminal record, and not tell her that her ...
U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III ordered Friday that Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk be released from the custody of Immigration Customs and Enforcement. She has been held at a ...
Steve Roberts Andrews McMeel Syndicate Rumeysa Ozturk is a 30-year-old graduate student at Tufts University and a native of Turkey who wears a traditional Muslim headscarf. Six weeks ago, she was ...
Screenshot of video from a neighbor's home security camera showed masked federal agents placing Somerville resident and Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk in custody on March 25. (Video ...
Meanwhile, Rumeysa Ozturk’s lawyers filed a new request with a federal judge in Vermont considering whether to take jurisdiction of her detention case. The lawyers asked the judge to order her ...
Rep. Jayapal (D-Washington) was questioning Rubio over the revoked student visa of Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk. GOP Calls for Investigation into Federal Card Charges I’ve been a ...
A Boston University earth and environment professor began a hunger strike Tuesday afternoon after signage reading “Free Rumeysa” was removed from his office window for the second time. Nathan Philips, ...
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