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Attorney for detained Tufts student on why her deportation case is unconstitutional
NPR speaks with Ramzi Kassem, a member of the legal team for Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, about her detention and arguments ...
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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 ...
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Tufts student details harrowing transport by ICE, lack of food and medical care in detention
Rümeysa Öztürk's sworn statement was filed alongside a motion from her attorneys seeking her immediate release from detention ...
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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 ...
Warren calls on State Dept. to release memo on Rümeysa Özturk’s detention
U.S. Sen Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic lawmakers in Massachusetts are demanding documentation supporting the ...
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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 ...
The Burlington Free Press on MSN3d
Federal judge in VT weighs jurisdiction in Rumeysa Ozturk case. What happened in court
A federal judge in Vermont heard arguments Monday in the case of Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University graduate student who ...
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 ...