Rumeysa Ozturk, Turkish national on a student visa, sent to Louisiana detention center over pro-Palestinian activism
Footage has emerged of the moment US immigration officials, wearing masks and hoodies, detained a Tufts University doctoral student in Massachusetts in the street and bustled her into an unmarked car.
Rumeysa Ozturk was detained on Tuesday by federal immigration agents, and on Wednesday was being held at the South Louisiana Ice processing center, according to the government’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detainee locator page.
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