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All out to free Rumeysa!
This is a developing story.
SOMERVILLE, MA – Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tuesday evening.
Ozturk is a member of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 509.
According to Ozturk’s attorney, sources report, Ozturk has a valid F-1 visa and was returning home to meet with friends and break her Ramadan fast when she was detained by federal agents, near Electric Avenue and Mason Street in Somerville, just a block away from Tuft’s campus in Medford. The university administration reports they were told that Ozturk’s visa has been terminated.
Some reports indicate that agents had been circling her neighborhood in unmarked vehicles for several days.
Her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, has filed a petition of habeas corpus in Massachusetts federal court for her to be released.
The action comes as ICE reports that it arrested 370 migrants across Massachusetts after a multi-day raid.
This detention is just the latest in a series of actions targeting university students, workers, and faculty as Trump carries out his election promise to deport foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian and anti-war efforts.
Activists are calling for an emergency demonstration at 5:30 p.m. at Powder House Square Park.
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