US agency found no evidence linking Tufts student to anti-Semitism: Report
The Washington Post is reporting the US State Department had determined there was no evidence linking Rumeysa Ozturk to anti-Semitic activities or support for a “terrorist” organisation days before masked immigration agents arrested her on the street.
It said the finding was contained in an internal memo written in March, which was described to the newspaper. The memo said Secretary of State Marco Rubio does not have sufficient grounds for revoking Ozturk’s visa under a law that empowers him to safeguard the foreign policy interests of the country.
Ozturk, a doctoral student from Turkiye, was arrested on March 25 after she co-wrote an op-ed calling for Tufts University to divest from Israel.
The Trump administration said it had revoked her visa because she had “engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization”.
Students and supporters rallied on March 26, the day Ozturk was arrested, calling for her release in Somerville, Massachusetts
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