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The petition alleges that action was illegal. It says he was held for several hours after his arrest without being told why, except that his F-1 student visa was “retroactively revoked.”
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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...
From The Boston Globe
Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.
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Within an hour of sweeping Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk off a sidewalk near the Somerville campus last week, immigration agents were quickly on the move.
U.S. Justice Department lawyers say a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered that she be kept in Massachusetts.
Val Kilmer, the longtime Hollywood star known for roles in "Top Gun," "Heat" and "Tombstone," among other films, died this week. He was 65 years old. Kilmer, who battled throat cancer for several years, reportedly died from pneumonia, according to his family. He lost the ability to speak after ...
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A University of Minnesota student is fighting for his release after immigration agents swept him off the street.
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A University of Minnesota grad student was detained by ICE due to a drunk driving infraction, not for being involved in protests, federal officials say.
Broken by campus newspaper The Crimson White, the news was picked up around the country and world. Other college students have been detained recently.
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, was arrested in Massachusetts and sent to the South Louisiana ICE processing center in the swamplands of Evangeline parish in Basile. Sending detainees to the cluster of remote immigration detention centers known as “Detention Alley” in the south is a common practice.
Lawyers and experts say the arrest last week of a University of Minnesota graduate student may signal a new front in the Trump administration’s approach to immigration.
Students from Minnesota State University Mankato and the University of Minnesota were detained late last week.