Friends of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested in Somerville last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, are speaking out.

University students, staff describe Ozturk as 'valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits'

Ozturk was suddenly arrested by plainclothes federal agents Tuesday in an incident captured by a surveillance camera.

Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was detained by federal immigration authorities late Tuesday, according to her attorney and activists.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."

The school's declaration in federal court on behalf of Rümeysa Öztürk is some of the strongest pushback by a university against the Trump administration's arrests of foreign students.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national legally in the U.S. with a F-1 visa, was arrested by ICE agents near her home as she was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast, her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, told USA TODAY on Wednesday.

A federal court hearing is set to address the case of a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities

A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.