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It took less than an hour for immigration agents to move Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk to New Hampshire after sweeping her off a street near the Somerville campus last week.
From MassLive
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
From The Washington Post
Her case has drawn international attention as the Trump administration attempts to deport Öztürk and others under a relatively obscure provision of federal immigration law that allows for the deportat...
From The Boston Globe

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ICE pulled a Tufts student off the street. New docs reveal what happened next
Within an hour of sweeping Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk off a sidewalk near the Somerville campus last week, immigration agents were quickly on the move.
VIDEO: ICE agents arrest Turkish student at Tufts University
Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts, was handcuffed and hauled away Tuesday night on a Boston street.
New details about the case of the Tufts University student detained by ICE
A Tufts University student is being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, and there are growing questions about how she was taken into custody.
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
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.
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 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 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
ICE says a University of Minnesota student’s visa was revoked for drunken driving, not protests
Federal officials say a University of Minnesota student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because of drunken driving, not student protests.
Tufts University student arrest generates 10x more coverage from legacy news than MS-13 gang leader: study
Media outlets offered 10 times more coverage of a Turkish student who was arrested for allegedly supporting terrorism than the capture of an alleged MS-13 gang leader.
What we know about the Tufts University PhD student detained by federal agents
She is one of several foreign nationals affiliated with prestigious American universities to be arrested for purported activities related to terrorist organizations amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Tufts University student can't be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained Tuesday can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
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.
Turkish student at Tufts University is latest Palestinian supporter swept up in US crackdown
BOSTON (AP) — A Turkish student detained by federal officers as she walked along a street in a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.
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Trump 'bullying’ Tufts University student for having a difference of opinion: Rep. Auchincloss
A Massachusetts judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student detained by ICE for her pro-Palestinian views. Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) joins Alex Witt to discuss the latest developments in Ozturk’s case and shares his thoughts on the continuing fallout of the Trump administration’s Signal group chat breach.
Tufts University student's visa revoked days before she was taken into custody in Massachusetts
New court filings reveal that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk​ was detained just days after her student visa was revoked by the State Department.
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk held by ICE in Louisiana, protesters demand release
Hundreds of people gathered to demand the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents​.
Tufts University student arrested by DHS agents
Doorbell camera video obtained by NBC News shows Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student, being detained by the Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation. NBC News' Antonia Hylton has more on the arrest and the statement from DHS.
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