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Judge orders detained Tufts student to be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A federal judge on Friday ordered Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University international doctoral student held in immigration ...
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‘A risk no matter what’: Professors discuss Kumar’s affidavit supporting Rümeysa Öztürk
The Office of the President sent a declaration signed by University President Sunil Kumar in support of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, in an email to the Tufts community on April 2. Executed ...
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign ...
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Tufts University student and government argue in court whether she can challenge ICE arrest
Attorneys for Rümeysa Öztürk told a federal judge in Vermont ... leading to her detention in a Louisiana immigration facility that the Tufts University PhD student described as “unsanitary ...
The Tufts Daily11d
Tufts confirms second student visa terminated by federal government
The visas of two Tufts graduate students have been terminated by the federal government, including the visa of Rümeysa Öztürk ...
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Writing an Op-Ed is Not Grounds for Deportation
The U.S. government’s escalating attacks on noncitizens’ right to free speech, including our client Rümeysa Öztürk, should ...
Rally outside of Burlington federal courthouse over detained Tufts University student
Lawyers for Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk argued in federal court Monday for her release or transfer back to ...