Tufts student details harrowing transport by ICE, lack of food and medical care in detention

‘Gun to the Head’: Harvard Professors Sue Trump Admin Over Review of $9 Billion in Funding

Harvard professors are suing the Trump administration over its review of about $9 billion in federal funding for the university following pro-Palestine protests, calling the move a “gun to the head.” In the lawsuit, the professors argue that reviewing the funding is discriminatory and undermines free speech.  The move comes as Donald Trump and his administration place their focus on college campuses, revoking students’ visas and attempting to …

Tufts student from Turkey details arrest, crowded detention conditions in court filing​

A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey is demanding her release after she was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home, detailing how she was scared when the men grabbed her phone and feared she would be killed. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, who has since been moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Basile, Louisiana, provided an...

Tufts student says she was ‘in pain and very scared’ in ICE detention, suffered 4 asthma attacks with little treatment - The Boston Globe

In a motion filed in federal court, her lawyers said it’s “plain that Ms. Öztürk is being retaliated against.”

Tufts student details harrowing transport by ICE, lack of food and medical care in detention

Rümeysa Öztürk's sworn statement was filed alongside a motion from her attorneys seeking her immediate release from detention while they fight the revocation of her visa.

Turkish Tufts University student says was scared when surrounded, now in custody in a crowded cell

A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey detained by immigration officials said she was talking to her mother on her phone at the time shortly after she left her Massachusetts home when she was surrounded by several men, and "I screamed."

Tufts student says she has suffered multiple asthma attacks in Ice custody

Rümeysa Öztürk says she’s experienced difficulty getting care and had her hijab ripped off without permissionRümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student who was detained by US immigration authorities last month, says she has had multiple asthma attacks since she was arrested and detained and has had difficulty getting medical attention.Öztürk, 30, was detained by masked, plainclothes officers as she walked in a Boston-area suburb on 25 March. A j…