U.S. lawmakers, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren, are demanding the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish PhD student at Tufts University who was recently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The arrest has sparked outrage among New England lawmakers, who describe the incident as 'disturbing' and 'chilling.' In a letter to ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the lawmakers are calling for transparency and an explanation for Ozturk’s detention. The case has raised broader concerns about immigration enforcement and civil liberties in the U.S. The student was reportedly in the country legally on a student visa.
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Yet another example of how ICE operates with zero accountability—detaining a legal student like Ozturk is not just unjust, it’s downright authoritarian.
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Led by Elizabeth Warren, New England lawmakers demand release of detained Tufts University grad student
Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter Friday calling for the release Rumeysa Ozturk, who is in the US on student visa from Turkey, and demanding answers about her “disturbing” arrest and detainment by ICE officials this week in Somerville.
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