A student at Tufts University arrested last week by ICE agents is one of several international students being targeted by the Trump administration over their pro-Palestinian activism. The arrests come after a Trump signed an executive order targeting anti-Semitism on college campuses.

Headline-grabbing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests this week at Tufts University and the University of Alabama show growing momentum behind the Trump administration’s battle

After ICE arrest, friends, colleagues, former professors, and family said that the US government has misrepresented Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk's actions and her character.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts, was handcuffed and hauled away Tuesday night on a Boston street.

Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. government has used its immigration enforcement powers to crack down on international students and scholars at several American universities who had participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations or criticized Israel over its military action in Gaza.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish international student, was arrested Tuesday near her Somerville, Massachusetts home while walking with friends to an iftar meal, which breaks Muslims’ daily Ramadan fast, according to Mahsa Khanbabai, her attorney. Footage of the arrest shows a group of agents approach her on the street and handcuff her.

Rumeysa Ozturk's detention sparked continued protests, allegations that federal officials broke the law, and more.

The Department of Homeland Security issued an arrest warrant March 8 for Yunseo Chung, a permanent resident who moved to the U.S. at age 7 from South Korea.