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

The President of Tufts University filed a declaration successful enactment of a question filed successful national tribunal by Rümeysa Öztürk, a pupil astatine the institution.

Öztürk was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) connected March 26 successful Summerville, Massachusetts, aft the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revoked her visa. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security antecedently told Fox News Digital that Öztürk was "granted the privilege to beryllium successful this state connected a visa."

The spokesperson said that investigations by DHS and ICE "found Öztürk engaged successful activities successful enactment of Hamas, a overseas violent enactment that relishes the sidesplitting of Americans."

"Glorifying and supporting terrorists who termination Americans is grounds for visa issuance to beryllium terminated. This is commonsense security," the spokesperson added.

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Rümeysa Öztürk, a 30-year-old doctoral pupil astatine Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents connected a thoroughfare successful Sommerville, Mass., connected Tuesday, March 25. (AP)

Öztürk is primitively from Turkey.

Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said successful the declaration of enactment that the instauration has "no information" that supports the allegations from DHS and ICE.

"The University has nary accusation to enactment the allegations that she was engaged successful activities astatine Tufts that warrant her apprehension and detention. The University has seen an outpouring of enactment for Ms. Öztürk implicit the past week from Tufts students, module and staff. These individuals person described Ms. Öztürk arsenic a valued subordinate of the community, dedicated to her world pursuits and committed to her colleagues," Kumar wrote.

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A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News connected Wednesday that Öztürk had been "granted the privilege to beryllium successful this state connected a visa" and that "DHS and ICE investigations recovered Öztürk engaged successful activities successful enactment of Hamas, a overseas violent enactment that relishes the sidesplitting of Americans."  (AP)

Kumar added that the assemblage had received a announcement connected March 25 that Öztürk's visa was canceled due to the fact that she was a "non-immigrant presumption violator" of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. The announcement went connected to accidental that Öztürk's beingness successful the United States could effect successful "potentially superior adverse overseas argumentation consequences for the United States."

Kumar asked the national justice to merchandise Öztürk "without delay."

Öztürk's ineligible squad antecedently told Fox News that the pupil had a valid F-1 visa earlier her apprehension and said that nary charges person been filed.

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The ineligible squad representing Öztürk told Fox News she had valid F-1 visa presumption anterior to her arrest. (Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe)

U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani granted a habeas petition connected March 25 requesting that Öztürk not beryllium removed from the District of Massachusetts; however, the pupil had already been removed astatine that point.

In March 2024, Öztürk co-authored an op-ed successful the Tufts Daily, calling connected the assemblage to divest from Israel.