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Members of MA Congressional Delegation meet with detained Tufts student in Louisiana
Three members of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation are demanding answers from the federal government about the Tufts University graduate student detained by<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" Mo
Tufts Graduate Student Detained by Federal Immigration Authorities
The government hasn’t filed any charges against Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Ph.D candidate who was in the U.S. on a student visa, according to her lawyer.
Members of Congress Visit Graduate Students Being Held in Louisiana
Five Democrats met with Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk, who face deportation by the Trump administration. By Michael Gold Reporting from Washington Five congressional Democrats on Tuesday traveled to Louisiana,
Congressional Democrats meet with detained university students in Louisiana
A congressional delegation traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday to visit with detained international students. The Democratic lawmakers visited Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student, and Mahmoud Khalil,
‘I’m afraid that something will happen to me.’ Detained Tufts student visited in Louisiana by Mass. lawmakers.
At a press conference Tuesday, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Ayanna Pressley harshly condemned the treatment of Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts University, and other detainees.
Congressional delegation visits grad student, PhD student held in ICE detention
A Congressional delegation traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday to demand the release of Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts University, and Mahmoud Khalil, a 2024 Columbia University graduate, and
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Tufts student from Turkey taken into federal custody; video shows her detention
An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody Tuesday night outside an off-campus ...
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Tufts University student taken into immigration custody by federal agents in Massachusetts
A Tufts University international graduate student was taken into custody by federal authorities in Massachusetts Tuesday evening. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security ...
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Tufts PhD student taken into federal custody, lawyer and university say
A Tufts University doctoral student has been detained by federal authorities, according to an email sent Tuesday by the school's president. An attorney for the student identified her as ...
Tufts student recounts her detention by ICE, says she feared for her life in new court filing
A student from Tufts University is detailing how she was detained by ICE in last month and said she feared for her life.
Judge denies bond to Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts PhD student detained by ICE in Somerville
During the hearing in Louisiana, government lawyers contended that Öztürk was both “a flight risk and a danger to the ...
Federal judge orders Tufts University graduate student detained by ICE returned to Vermont
A federal judge ruled on Friday that detained Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk must be moved from Louisiana ...
Immigration judge denies bond for Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk
The Tufts student, targeted because she co-authored an op-ed, may still be able to fight for her release in a court in ...
Vermont judge raises specter of ‘constitutional crisis’ in Tufts student immigration case
Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested in Somerville by masked immigration agents on March 25 and is being held in a Louisiana detention ...