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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 university and her attorney.
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.
Federal government appeals ruling ordering detained Tufts student’s return to Vermont
Judge William K. Sessions III, presiding in the case in federal court in Burlington, had ruled Friday that Rümeysa Öztürk be transferred from a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana to a Vermont facility by May 1.
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.
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
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 to Vermont no later than May 1, to have her case heard in the District of Vermont.
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred to Vermont for hearing
A federal judge ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana be brought to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.
Palestinian student remains detained in Vermont with a hearing set for next week
A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship has made an initial apperance
Lawyers Ask Federal Judge in Vermont for Immediate Release of Detained Palestinian Activist
A federal judge is scheduled to consider a request to immediately release a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.
DOJ appeals decision to bring detained Tufts student back to Vermont
The U.S. Justice Department is fighting a Vermont judge's order to bring Rumeysa Ozturk back to the state. President Donald Trump has repeatedly teased potentially running for a third term in the White House.
Tufts student detained by ICE in Louisiana meets with 3 Massachusetts lawmakers
Three Massachusetts lawmakers have returned from Louisiana, where they met with a Tufts student being detained by ICE at a ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...