Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release NEW YORK: A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release. Mahmoud Khalil said in court filings unsealed Thursday that the […]
A Turkish student from Tufts University in Massachusetts — released from a Louisiana immigration detention center, Friday — has returned to Boston and has vowed to continue her case in court.Rumeysa Ozturk, a PhD student, was held for more than six weeks after being arrested by immigration officers close to the university in March.Ozturk had […]
Government workers, green card holders, teachers, and student journalists across the US are asking editors to remove their names from old news stories, fearing backlash from President Donald Trump’s administration for views or identities now considered “politically risky.”According to Poynter’s Kelly McBride, some government employees and others have asked journalists to remove their names from […]
Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by ICE agents in masks A Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University was detained on Tuesday by the federal immigration agents over her pro-Palestinian activism. In a surveillance video, six immigration agents could be seen in plain clothes and had covered their faces with masks when they came to […]
