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Doctoral student back in Boston after release from custody
A Tufts University student from Turkey returned to Boston on Saturday, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was held for over six weeks.
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Boston, thanks community for its support
Rümeysa Öztürk said she has faith in the American justice system as she prepares for an upcoming immigration hearing. She is ...
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Judge orders Tufts student to be freed from ICE detention, returned to Mass.
A federal judge in Vermont ordered Friday that the Trump administration release Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student who was arrested by ICE agents in Somerville in March. She has been ...
Judge grills Trump administration on if detained Tufts student's free speech is protected
A lawyer for the federal government and an appeals judge got into a heated exchange on Tuesday when the lawyer could not ...
Detained Tufts student seeking transfer says asthma attacks worsened in custody
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was detained by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on ...
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Federal appeals court weighs whether feds must return Tufts student to Vermont for hearing
Lawyers with the Department of Justice are fighting an order by a lower court to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont to attend ...