SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation. The lawyer for 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk says she had just left her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Tuesday when she was stopped by agents. Surveillance video obtained by AP appears to show six people whose faces are covered taking her phone as she yells and is handcuffed. A judge ordered that she not be moved out of Massachusetts and gave the government until Friday to respond. But as of Wednesday evening, she was listed in online records as being at processing center in southern Louisiana. The DHS confirmed Ozturk’s detention and the termination of her visa.
Turkish Student At Tufts University Detained
March 27, 2025 5:01 am