Instead, the 30-year-old was arrested and physically restrained by immigration officers near her apartment, close to Tufts University’s Somerville campus where she was a PhD student, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai told CNN.

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

A Tufts University student is being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, and there are growing questions about how she was taken into custody.

Local, state and national leaders are demanding answers from immigration enforcement after the detention of yet another university student.

They are among the “more than 300” students, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who have been targeted for removal or revocation of their visas on the basis of their political views. (“We do it every day,

The letter calls for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to answer questions about Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest within the next week.

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A judge ruled on Friday afternoon that a Tufts graduate student detained by federal immigration authorities cannot be deported while her case is being decided.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the federal government from deporting a detained Tufts University graduate student following her arrest by immigration officers. Since her arrest a group of lawmakers have been calling for her immediate release.