For Some International Students, U.S. Dreams Dim Under Trump

Once drawn to American universities as havens, some students from abroad are finding the United States is not the bedrock of free speech they had expected.

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Tufts Student Returns to Massachusetts After 6 Weeks in Immigration Detention

A federal judge had ordered the government to immediately release Rumeysa Ozturk, who was being held in a federal facility in Louisiana.

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Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE

The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, had published an essay about the war in Gaza. Immigration agents arrested her and sent her to a Louisiana detention center to await deportation proceedings.

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Was First Amendment Violated in Student Arrests? Trump Lawyer Won’t Say

The Trump administration is focusing on logistical issues, not constitutional ones, in its efforts to keep several international students in detention. The tactic has effectively slowed some high-profile cases.

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International Students Worry Even as Trump Temporarily Restores Some Legal Statuses

Students and their immigration lawyers say they were relieved for the temporary reprieve, but emphasized that it was just that — temporary.

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Jewish Groups and Synagogues Defend Students Detained by ICE

More than two dozen are joining a legal effort to free a Tufts University student the Trump administration is trying to deport because of her pro-Palestinian views.

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What Is a Student Visa? The Rights and Risks Amid Trump’s Crackdown.

Federal immigration officials are rescinding the legal status of some international students, using rarely invoked powers.

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Boston Faces Identity Crisis Amid Trump’s Cuts to University and Research Funding

Colleges and teaching hospitals are the cornerstones of the city’s economy — and identity. But federal funding cuts to higher education could change that.

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Tufts Student Held by ICE Asks Court to Return Her Case to Massachusetts

After being picked up in Massachusetts, Rumeysa Ozturk was moved to a detention center in Louisiana, where the government wants to argue its case to deport her.

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Trump’s Use of Immigration Law Appears to Conflict With Limits Imposed by Congress

A crackdown targeting foreign students protesting Israel’s treatment of Palestinians conflicts with free-speech protections that lawmakers added in 1990.

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