International Student at Tufts University Detained by Immigration Authorities

The university said it would help the student obtain outside legal resources if requested.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville, Mass., on March 26, 2025. AP Photo

An international graduate student at Tufts University was detained late on March 25 by federal immigration authorities, university officials said.

The student was taken into custody by federal authorities outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville, Massachusetts, Tufts President Sunil Kumar said in a campus-wide email seen by The Epoch Times.