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Tufts graduate student who’s pro-Palestinian detained by federal authorities in Somerville
Rumeysa Ozturk, a PhD student and Fulbright Scholar from Turkey, was taken into custody Tuesday evening by Department of Homeland Security agents on the sidewalk outside her Somerville off-campus apartment in the sanctuary city.
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.
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 Tuesday, according to the school.
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in a Louisiana immigration facility must be returned to New England no later than May 1 to determine whether she was illegally detained for co-writing an op-ed piece in the student newspaper,
Tufts Student Challenging Immigration Arrest Must Be Moved to Vermont, Judge Rules
A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Friday to transfer a Tufts University student being held in Louisiana to Vermont while he weighs her claims that U.S. immigration authorities unlawfully arrested her based on her pro-Palestinian advocacy.
Federal judge orders Tufts student detained by ICE to be brought to Vermont
A federal judge has ordered a Tufts University​ student detained by ICE last month to be brought to Vermont by May 1.
Federal judge orders Tufts University student in detention case to be brought from Louisiana to Vermont
Federal judge orders Tufts University student in detention case to be brought from Louisiana to Vermont.
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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 ...
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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 apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the ...
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Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody
The university said on Tuesday that a graduate student had been detained by immigration enforcement agents. A Tufts University international graduate student is in federal custody in ...
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Tufts Graduate Student Taken Into ICE Custody
Federal immigration authorities ... was transferred to Louisiana.) Tufts president Sunil Kumar wrote in a message to students and staff Tuesday night that the university received reports that ...
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.