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Ground News on Instagram: "U.S. immigration officials detained Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts. Her lawyer said she was heading to meet friends for Ramadan when she was taken into custody. The Department of Homeland Security said Ozturk “engaged in activities in support of Hamas,” but did not provide specific details. “A visa is a privilege not a right,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.⁠
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Ozturk’s legal team filed a lawsuit arguing she was unlawfully detained. A federal judge ordered that she not be moved out of Massachusetts without notice, but by Wednesday, her lawyer said she had already been transferred to Louisiana. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized the arrest, calling it “the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.”⁠
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Ozturk, a Fulbright Scholar and student at Tufts University, had previously written in the campus paper criticizing the school’s response to student calls for divestment from companies linked to Israel. The Trump administration has sought to deport foreign students who participate in pro-Palestinian protests. Similar actions have affected individuals at Columbia, Georgetown, and Brown universities.⁠
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