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Poor conditions at Louisiana ICE detention center holding Tufts student, advocates say
A 2024 report found women held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile complained of filth and abusive ...
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University grad student, was detained by masked ICE agents
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas." ...
Outrage grows after Tufts student detained by ICE, Marco Rubio defends action
Protesters rallied a second day before the Somerville City Council, pushing councilors to help get Rumeysa Ozturk released.
Legal team of Tufts student arrested by ICE cheers case being moved to Vt.
"The government cannot manipulate jurisdiction in order to target human rights defenders," an attorney for the Tufts student ...
Detained Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk was one of several sent by ICE to Louisiana. Here’s why.
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, was arrested in Massachusetts and sent to the South Louisiana ICE ...
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Judge in Boston weighs whether to move case of detained Tufts Ph.D. student
"ICE was still in the process of transferring ... and for her to be freed from government custody. On Wednesday, Tufts president Sunil Kumar submitted a declaration defending Ozturk and supporting ...
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Jews at Tufts are furious over ICE seizing a pro-Palestinian grad student. But they’re wary of joining protests for her.
Some activists have sought to turn Rümeysa Öztürk’s case into a rallying cry against Israel, turning off some Jews.