On Wednesday, March 26, the Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturb He was heading to the city of Somerville, Massachusettsto meet with some friends but never came to the meeting. According to her lawyer, Masha Khanbabai, the 25 -year -old was “physically retained near her apartment” by migration agents.
Rumeyssa was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICEfor its acronym in English) just a few minutes after leaving his apartment, which is near the private university campus of TUFTSin the town of Medfordwhere Ozturb is currently studying.
The neighborhood security cameras captured the moment in which six migration agents, dresses from civiliansthey surrounded the Turkish student while walking alone on the street; and according to the recordings, the officials showed him his plates To Rumeysa until after having immobilized her with her hands on her back.
According to what was stated by his lawyer, Ozurck was arrested under the administration of the president Donald Trump “For alleged activities related to organizations Terrorists“, mainly because Mahmoud Khalli, An outstanding activist Palestinian which was arrested in South Carolina on March 1.
HAMAS support activities
“OzTurb is one of the foreignersaffiliated with these prestigious American universities, who have allegedly be held for having participated in support activities to Hamasbut the National Security Department does not specify what these supposed actions are, “added Rumeysa’s lawyer, Masha Khanbabai.
Hamas is a Palestinian political and paramilitary organization that is declared a nationalist, jihadist and Islamist, where the followers of this oriental neoligism refer to this type of ideology for the frequent use of the terrorismalthough for most of them, “this is a holy war In the name of To the“Khanbabai added.
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Despite having been captured by ICE agents, the lawyer indicated that Rumeysa did not have any type of charge or background, and was enrolled in a doctoral program with a F-1 visa “Valid and legal”, which allows international students to study their full -time academic studies.
Masha Khanbabai believes that OzTurb was captured for having written a Opinion article in the newspaper of the University of Tufts, where he criticizes the response of the educational institution to the Propertine movement; However, establishment officials said they had no previous knowledge of detention.
“The university did not share any information with the Federal authorities Before the capture and the place where it took place, it is not affiliated with TUFTS. But, so we have been told later, the student’s visa status has been canceled and we seek to confirm if that information is true. ”added the president of the institution.
“We recognize how terrifying and distressing this situation is for her, her loved ones and the community in general here in Tufts, especially our international students, staff and teachers who can feel Vulnerable Or restless for these events, ”added Massachusetts Attorney, Andrea Campbell.
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