Boston Globe: Senator Warren demands documents outlining basis ‘or lack thereof’ of Tufts’ student’s immigration detention

In a letter sent Thursday, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren demanded documentation from the federal government explaining its rationale for detaining Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts graduate student from Turkey who was apprehended by masked immigration enforcement agents while walking to dinner in Somerville last month.

In the letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Warren said it has been three weeks since Öztürk was arrested on March 25 and still the federal government has not charged her with a crime.

Öztürk, 30, is being held in a rural Louisiana detention facility on allegations that she engaged in activities in support of Hamas.

Government records reportedly showed that Öztürk was in “good immigration standing” when she was arrested, the letter said.

Massachusetts Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Ayanna Pressley also signed onto Warren’s letter.

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