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"Kidnapped": 1,000+ Protest After Masked ICE Agents Abduct Tufts Ph.D. Student Rumeysa Ozturk
Over a thousand protesters gathered near Tufts University on Wednesday after masked plainclothes immigration agents snatched Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar, from the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Surveillance video shows agents approaching her on the streets near her home Tuesday evening and handcuffing her while she screamed for help. Tufts University's president said the school had no prior notice of her arrest.
Last March, Ozturk co-wrote a piece in the student newspaper criticizing the Tufts administration's response to Palestinian solidarity protests on campus that were calling for divestment from Israel.
Democracy Now!'s Hany Massoud and Ariel Boone were in Somerville at Wednesday's protest. "One of our community members was taken by armed agents of the state who kidnapped her from right outside her home," said Lea Kayali, an activist with the Palestinian Youth Movement. "People are here to stand up for the movement that she was punished for supporting."
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I'm aware of 3 professors from Yale that are leaving the United States and will now be teaching at the University of Toronto. Treating a kidney specialist like a criminal, treating any immigrant as a criminal is not a good look. The United States is about to experience an enormous brain drain. As a Canadian we are more than happy to welcome these people with open arms. I'm very sorry for what is happening to all the sane Americans that haven't asked for any of this. |
Hopefully Canada will be willing to welcome doctors and nurses from the U.S. as well.
