A Homeland Security agent testified he was told not to tell a Tufts University student her visa had been revoked before arresting her.

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.” ...

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.

SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk opened up about her arrest by Homeland Security Agents and the 45 days she spent in a Louisiana detention center.

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 ...

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 ...

Rep. Jayapal (D-Washington) was questioning Rubio over the revoked student visa of Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk. GOP Calls for Investigation into Federal Card Charges I’ve been a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Screenshot of video from a neighbor's home security camera showed masked federal agents placing Somerville resident and Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk in custody on March 25. (Video ...

A Boston University earth and environment professor began a hunger strike Tuesday afternoon after signage reading “Free Rumeysa” was removed from his office window for the second time. Nathan Philips, ...