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Tufts student detained by ICE in Louisiana meets with 3 Massachusetts lawmakers
Three Massachusetts lawmakers have returned from Louisiana, where they met with a Tufts student being detained by ICE at a ...
Tufts student ICE grabbed off street says hijab was removed, asthma wasn't treated at Louisiana facility
Rumeysa Öztürk, a doctoral student from Turkey, also accused a nurse in the facility’s medical center of removing her hijab ...
Mass. lawmakers decry ‘harrowing’ conditions at ICE facility where Tufts student is being held
The officials met with Rümeysa Öztürk, who has apparently been collecting the stories of others detained by ICE.
Tufts student recounts her detention by ICE, says she feared for her life in new court filing
A student from Tufts University is detailing how she was detained by ICE in last month and said she feared for her life.
Campus communities rally around international students threatened by ICE
Faculty and classmates are stepping up to protect the close to 1,400 foreign students who have had their names taken off the ...
Tufts University student and government argue in court whether she can challenge ICE arrest
“For nearly 24 hours, her attorney was unable to locate her as ICE agents moved Ms. Öztürk from Somerville ... complete her ...
Mass. lawmakers travel to Louisiana to speak to Tufts grad student being held by ICE
Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern spoke with Rümeysa Öztürk and Columbia University graduate student ...
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Mass. lawmakers visit ICE detention facility in Louisiana, demand release of students
Lawmakers said Öztürk, of Tufts University, and Khalil, of Columbia University, appeared to be in decent health, but they are ...