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Ozturk’s lawyers said that if the judge disagrees, the case should be moved to Vermont.
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Tufts University is calling on ICE to release international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk as the case goes before a federal judge in Boston Thursday afternoon.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."
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.
A Tufts University student from Turkey, who was arrested last week in Massachusetts by U.S. immigration officials after advocating for Palestinians amid Israel's war in Gaza, said on Thursday that she would not be deterred.
Tufts University's president said Ozturk had not violated any policies and asked she be released to complete her studies
Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national legally in the U.S. with a F-1 visa, was arrested by ICE agents near her home as she was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast, her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, told USA TODAY on Wednesday.
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 be kept in Massachusetts.
Estudiante detenida en Massachusetts fue trasladada antes de orden judicial en contra, dice gobierno
Una estudiante de doctorado de la Universidad de Tufts, originaria de Turquía y que fue detenida por las autoridades de inmigración, ya había