Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities have argued that she should be returned to Massachusetts.

ICE agents took Turkish Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk into custody near Tufts, revoked her visa and moved her to a detention center in Louisiana last week.

Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk challenged her detention in a Boston federal court, arguing that her arrest and rapid transfer out of Massachusetts were unlawful, according to a report Thursday.

The case to free a Tufts PhD student and vocally pro-Palestine Turkish national after she was detained last week took a step forward in court Thursday, with the defense and government contesting

Tufts Democrats and Voters of Tomorrow Boston held an event Tuesday evening, bringing students together to directly call elected officials to demand support for Rumeysa Öztürk, a graduate student who was detained on March 25.

Una estudiante de doctorado de la Universidad de Tufts, originaria de Turquía y que fue detenida por las autoridades de inmigración, ya había

Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.

A major labor union launched a six-figure ad campaign on Tuesday featuring Tufts University Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk decrying what it called an infringement on the First Amendment. The Service