据塔夫茨大学(Tufts University)及其律师称，该校一名持有签证的博士生周二晚上在波士顿郊外被移民当局逮捕。
据她的律师马赫萨·坎巴拜(Mahsa Khanbabai)说，这位名叫鲁迈萨·厄兹图尔克(Rumeysa Kumar)的学生是土耳其人。
坎巴巴伊在一份声明中说:“鲁梅萨·厄兹图尔克是土耳其国民，在塔夫茨大学攻读博士学位时保持着有效的F-1身份。”。3月25日晚，鲁美萨在前往与朋友会面、开始斋月禁食的途中，在她位于马萨诸塞州萨默维尔的家附近被DHS特工拘留
“据我们所知，迄今没有对Rumeysa提出任何指控。我提交了一份人身保护申请，要求她不要离开马地区，昨晚法官[英迪拉]塔尔瓦尼批准了这一申请，”据她的律师说。
在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中，国土安全部发言人说:“鲁梅萨·厄兹图尔克是土耳其国民，是塔夫茨大学的研究生，凭签证被授予在这个国家的特权。DHS和ICE的调查发现，厄兹图尔克参与了支持哈马斯的活动，哈马斯是一个热衷于杀害美国人的外国恐怖组织。签证是一种特权，而不是权利。颂扬和支持杀害美国人的恐怖分子是终止签证发放的理由。这是常识性的安全。”
ABC新闻联系了移民和海关执法局。
厄兹图尔克在ICE数据库中被列为“在押”，似乎被关押在路易斯安那州Basile的一个ICE处理中心。
在周三晚上对美国广播公司新闻的一份新声明中，坎巴伊说，她“几小时前”才得知她的客户已被送往路易斯安那州。
“在她被捕后超过24小时，Rumeysa还没有被送往她的最后拘留设施，在这整个时间里，我一直无法与我的客户交谈，”她说。
周二，一名联邦法官发布命令，禁止DHS在没有事先通知法院的情况下将厄兹图尔克调离马萨诸塞州。不清楚她何时被转移到路易斯安那州。
在周二发给学生的一封电子邮件中，学校表示，已获悉她的签证状态已被“终止”，正在寻求更多信息。
“该大学事先并不知道这一事件，在事件发生前也没有与联邦当局分享任何信息，事件发生的地点也不属于塔夫茨大学，”该校写道。
“从我们随后被告知的情况来看，该学生的签证身份已经被终止，我们试图确认这一信息是否属实。该大学目前没有关于该学生恐惧的原因或情况的额外信息，并试图了解更多关于该事件的信息，”它继续说道。
“根据大学协议，如果学生请求我们的帮助，大学法律顾问办公室将帮助学生联系外部法律资源，”它补充说。
Tufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school says
A Tufts University PhD student on a visa was arrested by immigration authorities outside of Boston on Tuesday night, according to the school and the student's lawyer.
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, is a Turkish national, according to her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai.
"Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national who was maintaining valid F-1 status as a PhD student at Tufts University," Khanbabai said in a statement. "Rumeysa was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast on the evening of March 25th when she was detained near her home in Somerville, MA by DHS agents."
"No charges have been filed against Rumeysa to date that we are aware of. I filed a habeas petition requesting that she not be moved out of the District of MA which was granted by Judge [Indira] Talwani last night," according to her lawyer.
In a statement to ABC News, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said: "Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national and Tufts University graduate student, granted the privilege to be in this country on a visa. DHS and ICE investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans. A visa is a privilege not a right. Glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be terminated. This is commonsense security."
ABC News has reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Ozturk is listed in the ICE database as "in custody" and appears to be held at an ICE processing center in Basile, Louisiana.
In a new statement to ABC News Wednesday evening, Khanbabai said she just learned "hours ago" that her client had been sent to Louisiana.
"Over twenty-four hours after her arrest, Rumeysa has yet to be processed to her final detention facility and during this entire time, I have been unable to speak with my client," she said.
On Tuesday a federal judge issued an order barring DHS from removing Ozturk from the District of Massachusetts without giving the court advanced notice. It's unclear when she was transferred to Louisiana.
In an email to students on Tuesday, the school said it was informed that her visa status was "terminated," and is seeking to find out more information.
"The university had no pre-knowledge of this incident and did not share any information with federal authorities prior to the event, and the location where this took place is not affiliated with Tufts University," the school wrote.
"From what we have been told subsequently, the student's visa status has been terminated, and we seek to confirm whether that information is true. The university has no additional information at this time about the cause or circumstances of the student's apprehension and is attempting to learn more about the incident," it continued, in part.
"Following university protocol, the Office of University Counsel will assist in connecting the student to external legal resources should the individual request our assistance," it added.
