Judge moves case of Tufts University student in ICE custody
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U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper for Massachusetts denied the government’s request to dismiss the student's petition for her release.
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Tufts University is calling on ICE to release international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk as the case goes before a federal judge in Boston Thursday afternoon.
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The school's declaration in federal court on behalf of Rümeysa Öztürk is some of the strongest pushback by a university against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home,
Ahead of a Boston court hearing scheduled Thursday regarding federal immigration agents' detainment of a Tufts University student, the school called for her release.
For the first time in Massachusetts, the total cost for one year at college will top $100,000 at several schools.