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Trump administration detains Turkiye student at Tufts, revokes visa

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Trump administration detains Turkiye student at Tufts, revokes visa
Video circulating on social media show the detention of Turkish student, Rumeysa Ozturk, by masked plainclothes US officials who refuse to identify themselves. Rumeysa, a doctoral student at Tufts University in Boston, was detained on Tuesday by the federal immigration agents because of her pro-Palestine activism. Her detention is the latest in a series of arrests of students who have been involved in pro-Palestine activism despite having no criminal charges brought against them, signaling the Trump administration's escalation in anti-immigration actions and curbs on certain political speech in universities.

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