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Immigration authorities took an international student at the University of Minnesota into custody in the latest crackdown on foreign students and staff at US colleges.
From New York Post
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
From ABC
Her case has drawn international attention as the Trump administration attempts to deport Öztürk and others under a relatively obscure provision of federal immigration law that allows for the deportat...
From The Boston Globe
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Law experts explained that while the reasoning for students being detained is “unusual,” the Department of Homeland Security has the final say.
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A student at Tufts University arrested last week by ICE agents is one of several international students being targeted by the Trump administration over their pro-Palestinian activism. The arrests come after a Trump signed an executive order targeting anti-Semitism on college campuses.
An foreign grad student attending the University of Minnesota has been detained by ICE. The DHS said the student had a prior criminal history for a DUI.
Just days after one of his students was detained without warning by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Minnesota State University- Mankato President Edward Inch announced Wednesday that five international students have had their visas canceled by the Department of Homeland Security.
Federal immigration authorities have targeted at least seven international students in addition to recent Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil this month for deportation.
Lawyers and experts say the arrest last week of a University of Minnesota graduate student may signal a new front in the Trump administration’s approach to immigration.
Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay” after ICE agents grabbed her off a Somerville street.