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Government lawyers claim that a Massachusetts federal court lacked the authority to review U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement's decision to detain a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University ...
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Rümeysa Öztürk, who was apprehended by masked immigration agents on a Somerville street last week
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Tufts University student taken into immigration custody by federal agents in Massachusetts
Tufts University international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk was taken into custody by federal authorities Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors say Tufts student was moved to Vermont before judge's order to keep her in Mass.
A Tufts graduate student from Turkey was moved from Massachusetts to Vermont and then Louisiana after being arrested according prosecutors who are challenging a federal judge's authority to review her detention.
Tufts graduate student’s deportation halted as judge reviews arrest
Rumeysa Ozturk's lawyers filed a petition to have her returned to Massachusetts and released from custody. They said the federal government has until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to respond.
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.
A timeline of how the arrest of a Tufts student by federal agents unfolded, and where the case stands
Nearly a week ago, masked agents seized a Tufts student in Somerville and whisked her away in an unmarked SUV. Her arrest has sparked a legal fight, calls for her release, and questions about what could happen next.
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.
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home in Somerville to meet with friends Tuesday night when she was detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in a petition filed in Boston federal court.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University grad student, was detained by masked ICE agents
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."
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.
VIDEO: ICE agents arrest Turkish student at Tufts University
Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts, was handcuffed and hauled away Tuesday night on a Boston street.
International student at Tufts University taken into federal custody
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.
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Campus mailroom to move from Hill Hall to bookstore this fall
The mailroom for the Medford/Somerville campus will be moving locations for the 2025–26 school year to the current basement of the Tufts Bookstore, which inhabits part of the Mayer Campus Center. The mailroom is currently located on 389 Boston Ave.
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Tufts PhD student taken into federal custody, lawyer and university say
The university received reports that an international graduate student was taken into custody from an off-campus apartment Tuesday night, President Sunil Kumar wrote in a letter to the school community.
‘Something no one’s ever seen before’: Arrest of Tufts student raises legal questions
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.
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