Arrested for protesting and writing op-eds for Palestine when in the US on a student visa.

When you are in the US as a student, be a student. You don't have citizen rights to protest and make a pest of yourself.

What next? Blow herself up in a busy downtown area?

Tufts student from Turkey detained by masked officers, video shows
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/27/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-ice-video/

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By Niha Masih, Frances Vinall, Julie Yoon and Anumita Kaur

As Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk made her way to an interfaith center to break the Ramadan fast Tuesday, plainclothes officers, some masked, descended on her. She screamed as an unmasked officer in a hooded sweatshirt grabbed her, security video shows. Within about a minute, the officers whisked her away in handcuffs.


The widely circulated video of the immigration enforcement officers who Ozturk's lawyer said were from the Department of Homeland Security sent shock waves through Somerville, Massachusetts, with thousands turning out Wednesday in the Boston suburb to demand her release.
Ozturk, a 30-year-old from Turkey, is a Fulbright scholar working on a PhD in child study and human development on an F-1 student visa, her lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in an email. "We should all be horrified at the way DHS spirited away Rumeysa in broad daylight," she wrote, adding that Ozturk has not been accused of any crime.


A federal district judge, considering a petition from her lawyer, ordered officers Tuesday not to move the student out of Massachusetts without advance notice. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee locator page showed Ozturk's location as Louisiana late Wednesday. According to a court filing, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had already transferred Ozturk out of the state before the federal judge ordered that she be kept in Massachusetts, the Boston Globe reported.

"DHS and ICE investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas," DHS said in an emailed statement, without sharing evidence of the claim or responding to questions about the video. It added that "supporting terrorists" is grounds for visa termination.

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If you accept the premise that she has no right to voice an opinion and the decision to revoke her visa, it would still be the easiest thing in the world to contact her and tell her she no longer has a visa and she has 24 hours or 7 days or whatever to leave the country. This scholar who has been accused of nothing but having an opinion getting ambushed and kidnapped off the street by dudes in hoodies and masks is thuggish terror tactics meant to intimidate anyone who speaks against Israel.

man i never knew if your a foreigner in a foreign land you should watch your p's and q's. who knew? brittany griner knows. and now this chick is going to find out as well.

infinity ag said:

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You don't have citizen rights to protest and make a pest of yourself.

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So true, the first amendment is more of a recommendation anyway.

infinity ag said:

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Arrested for protesting and writing op-eds for Palestine when in the US on a student visa.

When you are in the US as a student, be a student. You don't have citizen rights to protest and make a pest of yourself.

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Legals have rights. The 1st Amd is one of them.

Edit to respond to edit in 1st response below: If you want to live in a country where there is not a right to free speech, then please find another country. Stop trying to change this one. Please, I beg you.

I agree with her attorney. They should have no knocked her with flashbangs in the middle of the night.

What an asinine statement. In broad daylight. Well if your terrorist supporting charge didn't want to be deported... don't support terrorists while abroad I guess?

Edit for 1st response above: Please, I beg of you, go to China, Pakistan or Japan and insult the allies of the host culture and work with people who commit crimes like Khalil did in NYC and see where it gets you. You'll have a good time and it will go well. Swearsies.

Here is what she wrote that led to this arrest. Let's not take the media's words for it, just read it yourself. Hardly a controversial article.

https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

Actual Talking Thermos said:

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If you accept the premise that she has no right to voice an opinion and the decision to revoke her visa, it would still be the easiest thing in the world to contact her and tell her she no longer has a visa and she has 24 hours or 7 days or whatever to leave the country. This scholar who has been accused of nothing but having an opinion getting ambushed and kidnapped off the street by dudes in hoodies and masks is thuggish terror tactics meant to intimidate anyone who speaks against Israel.

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Pleeze. The Left collectively orgasmed when they found out Peter Navarro was arrested at Reagan National and walked out in leg irons.

Yeah, its just an article, then just pull the visa and make her go home unless she is doing something that is going to cause immediate harm. No need for the cloak and dagger stuff.

However, I would like to know if she was doing something beyond just writing an article.

They wanna harass Jews and Jewish students and then complain about being nabbed by officers "in broad daylight" as opposed to getting snatched outta their beds in the middle of the night lol

Democrats suddenly discovering the 1st amendment. Imagine that !!

What next?
A treatise on the right to bear arms?
A lecture on fiscal responsibility?

Broseph said:

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Yeah, its just an article, then just pull the visa and make her go home unless she is doing something that is going to cause immediate harm. No need for the cloak and dagger stuff.

However, I would like to know if she was doing something beyond just writing an article.

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Remember the FBI thugs intimidating pro-life preachers?
What's good for the pro-life goose, is good for the anti-life gander.

WaltonAg18 said:

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infinity ag said:

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You don't have citizen rights to protest and make a pest of yourself.

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So true, the first amendment is more of a recommendation anyway.

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She can go figure that out in Turkey

I'm imagining there is some sort of tie to Hamas that is classified….I hope. If not, and it's just the article, I think we're better served expending these resources on more violent illegal criminals and get to these weak student visa protestors after that is finished.

rgvag11 said:

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infinity ag said:

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Arrested for protesting and writing op-eds for Palestine when in the US on a student visa.

When you are in the US as a student, be a student. You don't have citizen rights to protest and make a pest of yourself.

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Legals have rights. The 1st Amd is one of them.

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Her visa can be revoked at any time.

Maybe she should've thought about that before praising hamas

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Have fun back in Turkey

That kind of crap is for the left to do. I dont think conservatives should go tit for tat with the craziness of the left.

30 year old grad student with worthless degree. Just what America needs from the middle east…

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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man i never knew if your a foreigner in a foreign land you should watch your p's and q's. who knew? brittany griner knows. and now this chick is going to find out as well.

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America use to be better than that. Now legal foreigners are whisked away to the American gulag, a private prison in Louisiana. NYSE: GEO Buy now.

Burnsey said:

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rgvag11 said:

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infinity ag said:

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Arrested for protesting and writing op-eds for Palestine when in the US on a student visa.

When you are in the US as a student, be a student. You don't have citizen rights to protest and make a pest of yourself.

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Legals have rights. The 1st Amd is one of them.

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Then the leftists will have no trouble at all finding some random Obama appointee judge to stop her expulsion.

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That's really not the point. The fact that this happened to her in the first place is completely un-American.

Broseph said:

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That kind of crap is for the left to do. I dont think conservatives should go tit for tat with the craziness of the left.

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Trump is not conservative.
Ted Cruz is conservative. Conservatives lost when most of the country went after Cruz for shutting down the government during Obama's regime.

A lot of the posters in this thread vote for the Party of More Government.
A lot of the posters in this thread are the ones railing on Elon reducing government.

This is what more government looks like.

Will the people wake up? I seriously doubt it.

Last I checked, visas are given out at the host country's discretion and aliens dont have a "right" to be here just because we gave them permission to enter.

The entitlement from this POS "student" in the OP is hilarious. What would happen if I went to Turkey and did the exact same thing she's doing? That is, sympathizing with enemy combatants of the host country lmao. Pretty sure id never be seen again.

She's lucky she's being deported (on taxpayer dime by the way) and not disappeared like her home country and other Muslim countries would.

rgvag11 said:

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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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man i never knew if your a foreigner in a foreign land you should watch your p's and q's. who knew? brittany griner knows. and now this chick is going to find out as well.

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America use to be better than that. Now legal foreigners are whisked away to the American gulag, a private prison in Louisiana. NYSE: GEO Buy now.

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Oh FFS, if you're a visitor to our country and you are openly supporting a terrorist group and/or harassing Jews then it's time to GTFO. She decided to FAFO and is currently sitting in a Louisiana facility experiencing the FO stage. Hope there are many many more to come.

Actual Talking Thermos said:

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If you accept the premise that she has no right to voice an opinion and the decision to revoke her visa, it would still be the easiest thing in the world to contact her and tell her she no longer has a visa and she has 24 hours or 7 days or whatever to leave the country. This scholar who has been accused of nothing but having an opinion getting ambushed and kidnapped off the street by dudes in hoodies and masks is thuggish terror tactics meant to intimidate anyone who speaks against Israel.

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Keep defending the lovers of Hamas. It's such a worthy cause.

The System said:

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rgvag11 said:

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Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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man i never knew if your a foreigner in a foreign land you should watch your p's and q's. who knew? brittany griner knows. and now this chick is going to find out as well.

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America use to be better than that. Now legal foreigners are whisked away to the American gulag, a private prison in Louisiana. NYSE: GEO Buy now.

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Oh FFS, if you're a visitor to our country and you are openly supporting a terrorist group and/or harassing Jews then it's time to GTFO. She decided to FAFO and is currently sitting in a Louisiana facility experiencing the FO stage. Hope there are many many more to come.

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That's a lie.

There is no evidence she supported a terrorist group of harassed Jews.

Keller6Ag91 said:

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Actual Talking Thermos said:

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If you accept the premise that she has no right to voice an opinion and the decision to revoke her visa, it would still be the easiest thing in the world to contact her and tell her she no longer has a visa and she has 24 hours or 7 days or whatever to leave the country. This scholar who has been accused of nothing but having an opinion getting ambushed and kidnapped off the street by dudes in hoodies and masks is thuggish terror tactics meant to intimidate anyone who speaks against Israel.

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Keep defending the lovers of Hamas. It's such a worthy cause.

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Please show the class where the accused supported Hamas. Or are we supporting the imprisonment of political enemies as we see fit?

rgvag11 said:

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Burnsey said:

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rgvag11 said:

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infinity ag said:

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Arrested for protesting and writing op-eds for Palestine when in the US on a student visa.

When you are in the US as a student, be a student. You don't have citizen rights to protest and make a pest of yourself.

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Legals have rights. The 1st Amd is one of them.

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Then the leftists will have no trouble at all finding some random Obama appointee judge to stop her expulsion.

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That's really not the point. The fact that this happened to her in the first place is completely un-American.

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Government shutting down businesses during Covid is "un-American"
Goernment forcing people to take the shot or lose their job is "un-American"
Government not allowing people to go to church is "un-American"
Government deciding that you can't go to your grandparents funeral is "un-American"
Government having the FBI watch parents at school board meetings is "un-American"
Government using the IRS to selectively harass Republican orgs is un-American"
Government making it easy for lunatics to assasinate the opposition candidate, twice, is "un-American"
Government keeping American people in prison without trial is "un-American"

Where were you then?
Aah, yes. Cheering on the government. Spare me your concern on "un-American" things. We know you don't give a shi$ about anything other than your party.

She's writing in support of a terrorist organization. That makes her an operative. Free speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.

Funky Winkerbean said:

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She's writing in support of a terrorist organization. That makes her an operative. Free speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.

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Where?

rgvag11 said:

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Regardless, your proving that you don't care either. Two wrongs don't make a right.

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What the government did in this case is bull*****
They should have just cancelled her visa and deported her. (which you would have undoubtedly opposed - and used "un-american" judicial lawfare to thwart)

Only one of us believes in small government.
Hint. Its not you.

This is exactly what big government gets you,
And even now, all of the 1st amendment johnny come latelys in this thread oppose Elon's attempts.
Like i stated, none of you actually gives a shi$ about the constitution. You don't care about government abusing its citizens. You encouraged it when your party was in power.