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The defense’s motion also calls for the government to cease the “unlawful Policy of targeting noncitizens for arrest, detention and removal based on First Amendment-protected speech advocating for Pa...
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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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Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.
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Ahead of a Boston court hearing scheduled Thursday regarding federal immigration agents' detainment of a Tufts University student, the school called for her release.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."
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Tufts declares support for student detained by ICE, seeks immediate release
Tufts University has issued a declaration of support for international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was taken into custody by the Department of Homeland Security last week. Ozturk was apprehended outside her off-campus apartment in Somerville,
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