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Tufts University administrators said Wednesday that they had “no information to support” the allegations made by federal officials against Rümeysa Öztürk, the graduate student who was detained by ICE ...
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Minutes after Rümeysa Öztürk was taken into custody on a Somerville sidewalk by masked ICE agents at 5:49 p.m. on March 25, according to the government, she was quickly sent on a circuitous trip: fro...
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Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.

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