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,
Ahead of a Boston court hearing scheduled Thursday regarding federal immigration agents' detainment of a Tufts University student, the school called for her release.
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.
The president of Tuft’s University filed a court declaration defending Rümeysa Öztürk, a Ph.D. student from Turkey who is being detained in Louisiana.
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of hundreds of foreign students. Tufts University is pushing back, a court declaration shows.
Tufts University publicly backed its student Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish national detained as part of Donald Trump's crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism.
University officials called for the Turkish doctoral student's “release without delay,” according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Tufts University is calling for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a graduate student detained by DHS over alleged links to Hamas. Her visa was revoked despite being in good standing. The university disputes the allegations and is concerned about the impact on campus safety.
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,