Attorneys for Rümeysa Öztürk told a federal judge in Vermont Monday that she was unconstitutionally arrested, leading to her detention in a Louisiana immigration facility that the Tufts University PhD ...

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Lawyers for Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, said she was denied bond by an immigration judge.

The Department of Homeland Security argued that Rümeysa Öztürk posed a flight risk. The Louisiana immigration judge agreed ...

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 ...

Rümeysa Öztürk's sworn statement was filed alongside a motion from her attorneys seeking her immediate release from detention ...

An immigration judge denied bond to Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, whom Department of Homeland Security agents ...

Her attorneys argue the judge had an “untenable conclusion” Öztürk was a flight risk and danger to the community.

The University does not know why the visa was canceled, and cannot provide any further information related to the case.

NPR speaks with Ramzi Kassem, a member of the legal team for Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, about her detention and arguments ...

The U.S. government’s escalating attacks on noncitizens’ right to free speech, including our client Rümeysa Öztürk, should ...