Detention of Rümeysa Öztürk

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On March 25, 2025, six masked plainclothes agents from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested 30-year-old Turkish national and Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk in Somerville, Massachusetts after the US State Department's revoked her F-1 student visa for co-authoring an op-ed in The Tufts Daily. She was then taken from Massachusetts to the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center and detained there. Öztürk's arrest sparked condemnation from elected officials and others. Some accused the Trump administration of targeting students for their political views without due process, while others called it a violation of civil liberties. The incident also provoked protests at Tufts University and across Massachusetts. As of April 17, 2026, Öztürk has returned to Turkey to continue her career as a scholar studying child development. With the help from ACLU, she and the Trump administration have jointly requested the termination of proceedings in front of the Board of Immigration...

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