Federal #immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a #Tufts PhD student who is a #Turkish national, her atty & community activists said.
The student, #RumeysaOzturk, is student at the Tufts’s doctoral program for Child Study & Human Development, & graduated w/a master’s degree from the Teachers College at #ColumbiaUniversity.
Her atty, Mahsa Khanbabai, has filed a #habeas petition in Massachusetts federal court for Ozturk to be released from detention.
#law #Trump
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/metro/tufts-student-detailed-by-immigration-officials/
@Nonilex new word for me, atty, obv really