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Tufts officials call for ICE to release grad student

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Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay,” as the international student’s legal team continues to fight for her release after ICE agents grabbed her of...
The Washington Post |
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
Seattle Times |
U.S. government attorneys said it should be dismissed and go before an immigration judge.

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