Undercover DHS Agents Detain Tufts PhD Student in Somerville
2025-03-26
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University PhD student from Turkey, was unexpectedly arrested in Somerville by Department of Homeland Security agents. The agents, who did not identify themselves, masked their faces, and confiscated her phone before detaining her. A witness reported Ozturk was visibly distressed, crying and stating she was a student. Her lawyer has not yet been able to contact her or learn her location. The arrest appears connected to the Trump administration's campaign targeting pro-Palestinian campus activists.