A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson says that Rumeysa Ozturk 'engaged in activities in support of Hamas' while her attorney calls her detention 'concerning.'

A Turkish student detained by federal police as she walked on the streets of 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.

Tufts University international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk was taken into custody by federal authorities Tuesday.

Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was seen on surveillance footage on a Somerville street as plainclothes officers approached and handcuffed her. The reason for her detention ...

MEDFORD, Mass. — A Tufts University graduate student is in federal custody, detained by federal authorities outside of an off-campus apartment building in Somerville Tuesday night. Rumeysa Ozturk is petitioning the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts for a writ of habeas corpus.