International Student at Tufts University Detained by Immigration Authorities

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The university said it would help the student obtain outside legal resources if requested.

An international graduate student at Tufts University was detained late Tuesday by federal immigration authorities, university officials said.

The student was taken into custody by federal authorities outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville, Massachusetts, Tufts President Sunil Kumar said in a campus-wide email seen by The Epoch Times.

In the email, Kumar stated that the university had been informed that the studentโ€™s visa had been terminated and that he was still working to verify that claim. He emphasized that Tufts had no prior knowledge of the incident and had not provided any information to federal authorities before the studentโ€™s detention.

Kumar also told the campus community that the university would help the student obtain outside legal resources if requested.

โ€œWe realize that tonightโ€™s news will be distressing to some members of our community, particularly the members of our international community,โ€ the email read. โ€œWe will continue to provide information, support, and resources in the days ahead as more details become available to us.โ€

Meanwhile, an attorney has filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts seeking the release of the student, Rumeysa Ozturk, from custody. The filing identifies Ozturk as a Turkish national and suggests that she was detained on Tuesday.

In response to that petition, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued an order preventing Ozturk from being transferred out of Massachusetts without prior notice to the court.

The Epoch Times has reached out to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the attorney for comments.

It remains unclear whether Ozturkโ€™s detention shares the same nature as recent high-profile arrests and deportation threats faced by international students involved in pro-Palestinian protests last year. However, Ozturk was a co-author of a student newspaper article urging Tufts to sever financial ties with Israel in response to Israelโ€™s retaliatory offensive following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attack.

Byย Bill Pan

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