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Top Democrats call for a student of Tufts Rumes Ozturk University graduate student, writing a letter to Trump’s administration officials who require answers to the “deeply worrying” incident.
In a message sent to the Minister of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ICE Director Todd Lyons, MPs said that Ozturk’s arrest this week at Massachusetts “one of the latest examples in a row of a row Ice arrests University students with valid green tickets and visas for their political views. ”
“These are deeply worrying incidents. The administration should not summarize and deport the legal inhabitants of this country only to express their political views,” Democrats wrote, including Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and members of the Department.
“Absent convincing evidence that justifies her custody and recall of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and renewal of her visa,” they added.
Video shows the arrest of a Tufts University student for alleged support from Hamas
Rumeys Ozturk, a 30-year doctorate student at Tufts University, on Tuesday, March 25, was detained by the Agents of Homeland Security in Sommerville, Massachusetts. (AP)
Democrats then asked ICE to answer numerous questions by April 4, including:
- “Why did DHS officers arrested Ozturk?”
- “What is the DHS/ICE policy regarding the use of unmarked vehicles, face lining, ordinary clothing and significance of significance by DHS agents during arrest?”
- “Does DHS or any other agency compile a student’s file involved in protests associated with Palestine?”
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AND Homeland Security Department Fox News spokesman said on Wednesday that Ozaturk “approved the privilege of being in this country on a visa” and that “DHS investigations have found that Ozaturk has been involved in the support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that enjoys the murder of Americans.”
“Visa is a privilege, not the right. The famous and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is the basis for abolishing visas,” a spokesman said. “This is healthy security.”
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Fox News spokesman on Wednesday told Fox News that Ozturk “approved the privilege of being in this country on a visa” and that “DHS investigations have been found that Ozturk has been involved in activities in support of Hamasus, a foreign terrorist organization that enjoys killing Americans.” (AP)
The legal team that represented Ozturk told Fox News that it had a valid Visa F-1 status before arresting on Tuesday in Somerville, a city north of Boston.
In their letter, Democrats called the arrest and detention of Ozturk “disturbing.”
“It seems that the explanation of this arrest is the expression of her political views. We call for complete procedure in this case and we seek answers to this case and Ice’s policy that led to the identification and arrest of university students with valid legal status,” they said.
Protesters gather during demonstrations that are opposed to the custody of Rumeys Ozturk, a Turkish national and graduate student at Tufts University. (Erin Clark/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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“Ozturk was one of the four OP-ed authors in the student work TUFTS, supported by 32 other TUFTS student, who invited the” Tufts Administration to significantly engage in “resolution related to Israel and Palestine brought by the Student Senate of the University of 2024.”
Fox News’ Audrey Conklin, Alexis McAdams and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
