Ph.D. student at Tufts University, penned a lengthy account of her detainment by ICE in Vanity Fair this week.

Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk said in an op-ed published Thursday that her abrupt arrest and detention by immigration agents was “a narrative of human suffering.” ...

A Homeland Security agent testified he was told not to tell a Tufts University student her visa had been revoked before arresting her.

On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and ...

Steve Roberts Andrews McMeel Syndicate Rumeysa Ozturk is a 30-year-old graduate student at Tufts University and a native of Turkey who wears a traditional Muslim headscarf. Six weeks ago, she was ...

U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III ordered Friday that Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk be released from the custody of Immigration Customs and Enforcement. She has been held at a ...

Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 13, 2025 Rumeysa Ozturk, who was unlawfully detained by ICE and recently released, spoke at a press conference with members of Congress over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Rumeysa Ozturk’s lawyers filed a new request with a federal judge in Vermont considering whether to take jurisdiction of her detention case. The lawyers asked the judge to order her ...

Federal investigators normally tasked with uncovering narcotic and financial crimes were told to prioritize the arrest of a university student with no criminal record, and not tell her that her ...

A still from surveillance video showing Tufts University Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk being taken into custody in Somerville, Massachusetts.