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The New York Times |
An international student in a graduate program at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, according to the university’s president and an a...
The Boston Globe |
Minutes after Rümeysa Öztürk was taken into custody on a Somerville sidewalk by masked ICE agents at 5:49 p.m. on March 25, according to the government, she was quickly sent on a circuitous trip: fro...
U.S. News & World Report |
Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.

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Tufts declares support for student detained by ICE, seeks immediate release
Tufts University has issued a declaration of support for international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was taken into custody by the Department of Homeland Security last week. Ozturk was apprehended outside her off-campus apartment in Somerville,
Federal Government Detains International Student at Tufts
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
Turkish student detained by ICE moved to Vermont before judge's order, government says
U.S. Justice Department lawyers say a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered that she b
In new legal filings, US officials defend detention of Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk
Rümeysa Öztürk’s defense attorneys argue that Öztürk, a 30-year-old PhD student from Turkey, is being targeted for taking a public pro-Palestinian stance on Tufts campus last year in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech.
Detained student taken from Mass. before judge ordered her kept there, govt says
U.S. Justice Department lawyers say a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered that she b
Tufts graduate student was held in Vermont after arrest in Massachusetts by immigration agents, feds say
After detaining Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court filings show, ICE officials placed her on a flight out of the airport in Burlington.
Detained Tufts Student Taken From Massachusetts Before Judge Ordered Her Kept There, Government Says
U.S. Justice Department lawyers say a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered that she b
Hundreds attend rally in support of detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk
Protesters gathered to denounce the detention of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was apprehended by masked immigration agents last week.
ICE arrests second student in Minnesota, this time at MSU Mankato
ICE arrested a University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management student last Thursday, and a student at Minnesota State University, Mankato, on Friday.
Judge in Boston to hold hearing on detained Tufts Ph.D. student, as DOJ says case should be heard in Louisiana
ICE agents took Turkish Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk into custody near Tufts, revoked her visa and moved her to a detention center in Louisiana last week.
Here Are Ivy League And Top College Admissions Rates For The Class Of 2029
Thursday marked the 2025 “Ivy Day,” when students across the globe received their admissions results from Ivy League and select top schools.
The Tufts Daily9d
Tufts accepts 10.5% of applicants to the Class of 2029
Tufts accepted 10.5% of applicants to the undergraduate Class of 2029, Tufts’ admissions office announced. The acceptance rate shows an increase of half a percentage point from last year’s acceptance rate and is one percent higher than in 2023.
Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home,
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Detained Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk was one of several sent by ICE to Louisiana. Here’s why.
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, was arrested in Massachusetts and sent to the South Louisiana ICE processing center in the swamplands of Evangeline parish in Basile. Sending detainees to the cluster of remote immigration detention centers known as “Detention Alley” in the south is a common practice.
Detained Tufts student taken from Massachusetts before judge ordered her kept there, government says
A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered authorities to keep her in Massachusetts, lawyers for the U.
Tufts University denies allegations against student detained by ICE
Tufts University has asked for the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk.
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