On March 25, government agents arrested and detained a Tufts University student from Turkey at Tufts on an F-1 visa. According to news reports, the government alleges that the student “engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans.” A judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has demanded that the government respond on March 27 to the student’s lawyer’s motion that the government produce the student, who is being held in Louisiana. Tufts University provided an update to its community via a message from its leadership. Separately, on March 26 federal immigration authorities detained a University of Alabama doctoral student, according to news reports. Few details were immediately available regarding the reason for detaining the individual.
Please visit the GW Weekly Federal Update (March 28) page for more information.