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Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish national and Tufts University doctoral candidate who was arrested by ICE on March 25 and whisked off to a Louisiana detention facility.
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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 President of Tufts University filed a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at the institution who is being detained by ICE. She was accused of supporting Hamas.
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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. CBS News Boston's Tiffany Chan and CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane have the latest.
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Friends of Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained by immigration enforcement officers, described her as an aspiring children's book author and dedicated student.
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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,
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Judge considers whether Tufts student's deportation case should be heard in Mass.
A federal judge in Boston heard arguments Thursday afternoon on whether a legal challenge to the detention of a Tufts University student should remain in Massachusetts.
Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines
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,
Tufts University says PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk should be ‘released without delay’
Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.
Judge Weighs Venue Fight in Case of Tufts University Student Detained by ICE
Adriana Lafaille, managing attorney of the ACLU of Massachusetts, said immigration officials did not disclose Ozturk’s location by the time the petition was filed despite efforts to uncover her whereabouts.
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Tufts University calls for ICE’s release of Rümeysa Öztürk ahead of court hearing
Ahead of a Boston court hearing scheduled Thursday regarding federal immigration agents' detainment of a Tufts University student, the school called for her release.
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.
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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