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To: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan
Investigate the Abduction and Detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk!
In March, ICE agents unlawfully abducted Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish citizen and Fulbright scholar who was studying at Tufts University on a valid student visa. The Trump administration targeted Rümeysa after she co-wrote an op-ed in the Tufts school newspaper.
This is yet another example of Trump’s dangerous and ongoing attacks against students exercising their freedom of speech. We have to fight back.
Demand a criminal investigation into Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and ICE agents NOW!
Demand a criminal investigation into Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and ICE agents NOW!
Why is this important?
What is happening to Rümeysa Öztürk is terrifying.
Abruptly stripped of her visa. Restrained and arrested. Smuggled out of Massachusetts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in plainclothes. Hidden from her family, community, and lawyers in a private, for-profit detention facility in Louisiana.
All because she wrote an op-ed in the Tufts school newspaper calling for the university to abide by undergraduate student senate resolutions meant to hold Israel accountable for international law violations.
Rümeysa's harsh and unlawful detainment is an assault on our fundamental First Amendment rights and civil liberties—and we should all be concerned.
Donald Trump is abusing his position of power to intimidate everyday people, silence dissenters, and roll back our fundamental rights. He doesn’t care about safety or ensuring our schools are welcoming spaces. In fact, his administration has been doing the opposite, bullying universities to control curriculum, gutting public programs, and pitting our communities against each other.
Show the Trump administration that we are united and we will continue to mobilize to protect Rümeysa and others from his illegal power grabs.
Sign the petition to urge Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan to launch an immediate and thorough criminal investigation into Rümeysa's kidnapping.