Tufts student detained by ICE returns to Turkey

The Hill — Apr 17, 18:56 PM

Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student that was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, has completed her Ph.D. program and is returning to her home country of Turkey, her lawyers announced on Friday. Öztürk was detained by ICE in 2025 after she co-authored an opinion piece for the student newspaper criticizing her school’s response to…

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