The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."
Tufts University is seeking the release of international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was taken into custody by federal agents.
Ozturk was suddenly arrested by plainclothes federal agents Tuesday in an incident captured by a surveillance camera.
Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was detained by federal immigration authorities late Tuesday, according to her attorney and activists.
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national legally in the U.S. with a F-1 visa, was arrested by ICE agents near her home as she was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast, her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, told USA TODAY on Wednesday.
A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.
Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested by US immigration agencies on accusations of supporting Hamas and writing an opinion piece cr