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.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson says that Rumeysa Ozturk 'engaged in activities in support of Hamas' while her attorney calls her detention 'concerning.'
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
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home in Somerville on Tuesday night when she was stopped, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in a petition filed in Boston federal court. Video obtained by The Associated Press appears to show six people, their faces covered, taking away Ozturk's phone as she yells and is handcuffed.
After detaining Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court records state, ICE officials put her on a flight out of the airport in Burlington.
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.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts, was handcuffed and hauled away Tuesday night on a Boston street.
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.
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Rumeysa Ozturk's detention sparked continued protests, allegations that federal officials broke the law, and more.