Democrats demand answers on arrest of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk

Anyone in the United States likes to think that he lives in a free country should be outraged by the case of Rumeysa Ozturk. The video of the doctoral student of Tufts University, stopped on the sidewalk near her home in a suburb of Boston, is frightening. There are half a dozen individuals with a covered face surrounding Ozturk, catching him, and then taking him away.

Tufts University declares support for student detained by ICE, seeks immediate release

Tufts University is seeking the release of international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was taken into custody by federal agents.

Tufts University, near Boston, on Wednesday publicly supported Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk, whose arrest last week by immigration police made this an emblematic case of the Trump administration's repression of pro-Palestinian activists on campus.

Tampa students rally against ICE attacks on protesters

Tampa, FL – On Monday, March 31, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was joined by community members and fellow students to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, Leqaa Kordia, and every other student protester detained by ICE. Additional demands included an end to Trump’s attacks on students and an end to U.S. aid to Israel. 20 attendees came to support student protesters as attacks on them by the federal government ramp up. Florid…

Gov. Scott says we should be ‘ashamed’ at treatment of detained Tufts student

Authorities say Rumeysa Ozturk was taken to Lebanon, New Hampshire, and a field office in St. Albans before being flown to a detention center in Louisiana.

Unions Rally in Defense of Immigrants Snatched by Plainclothes ICE Agents

Unions from across the U.S. gathered for peaceful actions Tuesday outside more than 10 ICE jails nationwide, protesting the Trump administration’s targeting of immigrant university students and faculty. The Service Employees International Union condemned the abduction of two of its members, including Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk by masked federal agents in broad daylight earlier this month. Ozturk is a lawful visa holder from…