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Tufts University administrators said Wednesday that they had “no information to support” the allegations made by federal officials against Rümeysa Öztürk, the graduate student who was detained by ICE ...
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Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
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Outside the court building Thursday, protesters marched and held up signs on her behalf.
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The First Amendment is an asset, not an inconvenience. Citizens and noncitizens alike are entitled to free speech. Institutions that value free speech rights don’t seek out opportunities to disregard
The arrest of a Tufts University student by hooded Homeland Security agents in plain clothes — caught on video on a suburban Boston street — is raising fresh questions about the Trump administration's aggressive crackdown on immigrants over the opinions they've expressed.
The Trump administration has been detaining and trying to deport immigrant and foreign students for their First-Amendment protected speech. That
LAWRENCE JONES (CO-HOST): I would just say this, Rachel, I see your point. I see how it can be chilling. But I want chills to run down the spines of not only terrorists but people that are residents here. You're a visitor here, you don't have the right -- be on your best behavior.
Legal analysts said Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest raised a series of questions over its constitutionality, including whether it violates rights to free speech and due process.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced over 300 visas may have been revoked, including that of Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk, detained in Massachusetts. Her visa revocation raises concerns about free speech as the Trump administration continues to track students supporting Palestinian causes.
Tufts University Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk began her journey to a friend's house to celebrate Iftar, the meal that breaks the Islamic fast during the Ramadan period. But Ozturk would not get to break her fast with friends because as the sun set on the quiet suburb of Somerville,
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of hundreds of foreign students. Tufts University is pushing back, a court declaration shows.