Tufts student detained by ICE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many Americans know that Turkey, where Rumeysa Ozturk is from, is currently experiencing mass civil unrest after the leader, Recep Erdogan, unjustly imprisoned his political rival, the popular mayor of Istanbul and his main political rival. Many of the protestors are students and they have been engaging in pro-democracy demonstrations since the mayor's arrest in March.

The irony of a Turkish student imprisoned by the Trump regime (in the freaking UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, people!) for exercising her free speech at the same time that students and others in her home country are fighting for their democracy and being jailed for expressing their free speech is huge, as are the similarities between our so-called democracy and those of a country that claims to be one but is ruled by an authoritarian.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/turkey-erdogan-protests-ekrem-imamoglu-prison-istanbul-mayor-rcna197925
https://www.globalissues.org/news/2025/04/11/39593

A colleague of mine escaped from Turkey for protesting the US government. He was granted asylum in the US, and he can never go back to Turkey while Erdogan is in power because there is a warrant for his arrest for speaking out against the government. His completely innocent mom went to jail too because of his actions. Our government is no different from Turkey now.

I'm the PP you're responding to. Please tell everyone you know about your colleague's experience and how it compares to Ozturk's. I am sharing this story as well because so few Americans seem to realize how fragile our democracy is right now. They've never had to fight for it like so many in other countries.

[Anonymous]

And now, she is out.

The Trump DOJ is a failure at every turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And now, she is out.

The Trump DOJ is a failure at every turn.

Thanks for alerting us, PP! I've been following this story closely.

From the Boston Globe today:

A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts PhD candidate whose sudden arrest by federal immigration agents made national news.

“These are very substantial claims of both due-process and First Amendment violations,” US District Judge William K. Sessions III said as he made his ruling at the end of a three-hour-long bail hearing on Friday in Vermont. He added, “Her continued detention potentially chills the speech of the millions and millions of individuals in this country who were not citizens.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/metro/rumeysa-ozturk-bail-hearing/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And now, she is out.

The Trump DOJ is a failure at every turn.

This is an incredible success for the Israeli Lobby no matter how you see it. Non-citizens will now have to think twice before daring to speak out against Israel.

Intimidation tactics work on people who have a lot to lose. Despite being released, being detained and held under terrible conditions in a far away state might not be worth it.

[Anonymous]

Upon release, she should immediately file her civil claim of IIED, etc. against Canary Mission and Betar to start the wheels grinding, along with any individuals in social media that involved themselves in her loss of liberty. She’ll probably also name Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, State, DHS, and the U.S.A. as defendants.

It doesn’t matter that Miller / Rubio / Noem / Homan and State / DHS / U.S.A. will be dropped from the suit by the Court, chances are that one or more of those clowns will inadvertently turn over documentation in the process that tightens the noose on Canary Mission and Betar, which should be the aim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Upon release, she should immediately file her civil claim of IIED, etc. against Canary Mission and Betar to start the wheels grinding, along with any individuals in social media that involved themselves in her loss of liberty. She’ll probably also name Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, State, DHS, and the U.S.A. as defendants.

It doesn’t matter that Miller / Rubio / Noem / Homan and State / DHS / U.S.A. will be dropped from the suit by the Court, chances are that one or more of those clowns will inadvertently turn over documentation in the process that tightens the noose on Canary Mission and Betar, which should be the aim.

I would argue she needs to sue the individual ICE agents for fourth amendment violations. That would rein in some of the impunity we are seeing. ICE needs to abide by the constitution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Upon release, she should immediately file her civil claim of IIED, etc. against Canary Mission and Betar to start the wheels grinding, along with any individuals in social media that involved themselves in her loss of liberty. She’ll probably also name Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, State, DHS, and the U.S.A. as defendants.

It doesn’t matter that Miller / Rubio / Noem / Homan and State / DHS / U.S.A. will be dropped from the suit by the Court, chances are that one or more of those clowns will inadvertently turn over documentation in the process that tightens the noose on Canary Mission and Betar, which should be the aim.

I would like to dream, but realistically nothing would come of it. I think there have been a number of lawsuits against Canary Mission but I don't recall any consequences.

[Anonymous]

She's out of the Louisiana jail ("detention center")!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's out of the Louisiana jail ("detention center")!

Thank God.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Upon release, she should immediately file her civil claim of IIED, etc. against Canary Mission and Betar to start the wheels grinding, along with any individuals in social media that involved themselves in her loss of liberty. She’ll probably also name Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, State, DHS, and the U.S.A. as defendants.

It doesn’t matter that Miller / Rubio / Noem / Homan and State / DHS / U.S.A. will be dropped from the suit by the Court, chances are that one or more of those clowns will inadvertently turn over documentation in the process that tightens the noose on Canary Mission and Betar, which should be the aim.

I would like to dream, but realistically nothing would come of it. I think there have been a number of lawsuits against Canary Mission but I don't recall any consequences.

The wheels of justice move slowly. Last week, an admin. official acknowledged “on the record” that DHS literally acted at Canary Mission’s behest in abducting individuals. This shit will get very bad for these groups before all is done.