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Protesters rallied a second day before the Somerville City Council, pushing councilors to help get Rumeysa Ozturk released.The outrage is growing the longer the Tufts PhD student stays in ICE custody.
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Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.
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The heightened activity by immigration officials is a part of President Donald Trump's promise to combat antisemitism, written into an executive order in January.
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Outrage grows after Tufts student detained by ICE, Marco Rubio defends action
Protesters rallied a second day before the Somerville City Council, pushing councilors to help get Rumeysa Ozturk released.The outrage is growing the longer the Tufts PhD student stays in ICE custody.
Marco Rubio defends ICE grabbing Tufts grad student: ‘A social activist that tears up our university campuses’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending ICE agents grabbing a Tufts graduate student off a Somerville street and taking away her student visa, claiming that the pro-Palestinian international student had created a “ruckus” on campus.
Rubio defends arrest of Tufts student, says more ‘lunatics’ will be targeted
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Rumeysa Ozturk's visa was terminated due to disruptive protest behavior. He did not cite evidence. The post Rubio defends arrest of Tufts student, says more ‘lunatics’ will be targeted appeared first on Boston.
At a glance: Who has been detained or deported in US crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters
Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views. President Donald Trump and other officials have accused protesters and others as being “pro-Hamas,
Tufts University student from Turkey is detained
Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by federal agents and had her student visa revoked after DHS said Homeland Security and ICE investigators found she “engaged in activities in support of Hamas.
Federal Government Detains International Student at Tufts
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
US immigration officials arrest Turkish student amid crackdown
A Turkish student attending Tufts University was arrested by US immigration officials in Massachusetts and is being held in detention in Louisiana. Rumeysa Ozturk was detained on Tuesday outside Boston,
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk detained by ICE as Trump continues crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen studying at Tufts University, was taken into federal custody Tuesday, the university said, in the latest apparent example of the Trump administration targeting students with pro-Palestinian views.
Protests erupt after Tufts student detained by ICE agents
Hundreds of protesters gathered near Tufts University’s campus on Wednesday calling for the federal government to release doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk. It comes after Ozturk's attorney says the Turkish national with a valid student visa was detained by federal authorities wearing masks as she was walking home.
In Jamaica, Marco Rubio vows to revisit US travel warning
Rubio arrived in Jamaica for a tour of the Caribbean as the Trump administration increasingly focuses on the Western Hemisphere.
Tufts student's visa was revoked due to activism, Rubio says
The government revoked Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk's visa due to her pro-Palestinian activism, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Marco Rubio Fails to Answer Simple Question on Tufts Student’s Arrest
At a press conference Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused to give a specific justification for the arrest and detention of Rumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student at Tufts University in Massachusetts,
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