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ICE officials placed her on a flight out of the airport in Burlington.
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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...
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“The university has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention,” President Sunil Kumar said in a four-page affidavit en...

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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.
Tufts officials call for ICE to release grad student as federal hearing nears
Tufts University leaders said that they have no information that supports the revocation of Rümeysa Öztürk's visa or her detainment in an ICE facility in Louisiana.
Judge will consider whether Tufts student's deportation case should be heard in Mass.
A federal judge in Boston will hear arguments Thursday afternoon on whether a legal challenge to the detention of a Tufts University student should remain in Massachusetts.
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.
Editorial: Punishing free speech erodes principles that make our country great
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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.
Tufts University has ‘no information to support’ the arrest of graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, legal filings say
University officials called for the Turkish doctoral student's “release without delay,” according to court documents filed Wednesday.
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
Rumeysa Ozturk's friend shared how to help Tufts student while she's detained. See how
Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts, called for the release of detained Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk in a letter to federal officials released Friday. Ozturk's friend,
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.
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.
‘There is power in solidarity’: Students, union leaders, officials rally to support detained Tufts student
Mayor Michelle Wu and Attorney General Andrea Campbell joined speakers at Tuesday’s rally in support of detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk.
Tufts student was not notified her visa was revoked shortly before masked ICE agents arrested her, defense says
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were named in an updated habeas petition and civil complaint filed Friday in Boston by an attorney for detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, records show.
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