Students call for debate, indicating a shift away from campus wokeness, according to a Tufts professor.
Shifts in Campus Culture at Tufts University A professor from Tufts University suggests the most intense period of “wokeness” on campus might be tapering off. He believes that a fresh wave of students is stepping away from performative politics in favor of more substantial discussions in classrooms. Eitan Hirsch notes in an editorial for the […]
Judge directs the quick release of detained Tufts student
Student Detained by Trump Administration Ordered Released A federal judge has mandated the immediate release of a Tufts University student who has spent over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration detention facility. This decision came after the student co-authored an opinion piece criticizing schools’ responses to the ongoing conflict in Gaza. US District Judge William […]
Federal judge approves bail request for Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk
Federal Judge Grants Bail to Tufts Student Detained by ICE A federal judge in Vermont has agreed to a bail request from a Tufts University student held by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Judge William K. Sessions III, appointed by former President Barack Obama, approved Lumeisa Ozturk’s bail on Friday. He expressed concerns […]
Court instructs that Tufts University student be swiftly transferred to ICE custody in Vermont
Federal Judge Orders Transfer of Tufts Student from Detention A federal appeals judge has instructed that the Immigration Bureau in Louisiana must quickly relocate Turkish Tufts University student Rumeysa Öztürk, currently detained, to Vermont. This decision came amid claims from her attorney that her detention is illegal, particularly following her contributions to a student newspaper […]
Judge orders transfer of detained Tufts student from Louisiana to Vermont
A federal judge ordered Tufts University student Le Mesa Ozturk, who was detained late last month, to transfer from Louisiana’s detention center to Vermont by the beginning of next month. District Judge William Session on Friday ruled that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) would move Tufts’ doctoral student Ozturk to Vermont until […]
Tufts University student detained in Louisiana must be moved to Vermont for hearing: judge
A federal judge on Friday ordered a Tufts University student to be detained by Louisiana’s immigration agency and taken to Vermont by May 1. US District Judge William Sessions said he would hear the demand that Rumeysa Ozturk be released from custody. Her lawyers had requested that she be released soon or at least be […]
Tufts University student arrest: Top Dems want answers from Noem, Rubio, ICE
The top Democrats are calling for the release of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk and have written to Trump administration officials demanding answers surrounding the “deeply troubling” incident. In a message to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Christa Noem and Ice Director Todd Lyons, Secretary of Homeland Security, lawmakers said this week's […]
Auchincloss: Detaining Tufts Grad Student Breaks Tradition!
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) stated that the Trump administration’s move to detain Turkish students who attended Tufts University on student visas was unusual, deviating from Massachusetts’s traditions. “For four centuries, Massachusetts has embraced students and immigrants. The video we witnessed today of Tufts graduate student Le Mesa Ozturk being apprehended by a masked officer contradicts […]
Senate Democrat Calls Tufts Graduate Student’s Arrest ‘Chilling’
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) described the detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk as “disturbing.” During an interview on Thursday with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Murphy addressed video footage showing Ozturk, a Turkish national studying on a visa, being taken into custody by six masked officials late Tuesday from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The […]
Video shows arrest of Tufts University student for allegedly supporting Hamas
Graduate student at Tufts University This week, detained by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Somerville, Massachusetts, this week is being held in Louisiana, according to a statement from the University of Louisiana president. ICE confirmed Rumeysa Ozturk's detention To Fox News on Wednesday. She is originally from Türkiye. “We have recently learned and verified that […]