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Tutoring Programs Are in Limbo After the Expiration of COVID Relief Aid
The $190 billion earmarked for school districts to recover from the pandemic was supposed to trickle out by the end of this ...
Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without a warrant, court documents show
Immigration authorities did not have a warrant for the arrest of Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil, new court filing shows.
Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys and DOJ spar over whether a warrant was needed to arrest him, court documents reveal
Attorneys for the Department of Justice said federal agents did not have an arrest warrant when they took Columbia University ...
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Home to ICE detention center, a Louisiana town draws national spotlight and critiques — again
What do locals think of the ICE facility in Jena? "I feel like this town has had a lot of drama," one said. "It’s put on the ...
Mass. lawmakers visit with Rümeysa Öztürk at Louisiana detention facility
Massachusetts lawmakers visited Louisiana on Tuesday to meet with the Tufts University student who's been detained there ...
‘This is repression’: Mass. lawmakers decry Tufts student’s living conditions after visiting detention facilities
Lawmakers visited facilities in Louisiana where the Trump administration is holding immigrants, including Tufts doctoral ...
Federal government appeals judge's order to move detained Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to Vermont
The federal government is fighting a judge’s ruling that Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who wrote an essay about ...
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Mass. Rep. McGovern visits Louisiana to demand release of students detained for opposing U.S. support for war in Gaza
Members of Massachusetts’ Congressional delegation have returned from a visit to an ICE detention center in Louisiana to ...
A Palestinian student arrested at US citizenship interview will stay in detention for now, ahead of a hearing next week
A Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at an interview for US citizenship will remain detained in ...
DC weighs layoffs and other cuts as House leaves capital city in budget limbo
The budget issue also has rekindled public calls for D.C. statehood. Anne Stauffer, vice president for issues and advocacy of ...
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Lawmakers visit Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk at Louisiana ICE facilities
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern met on Tuesday with Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University ...
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk must be moved to Vermont, judge rules
A judge on Thursday denied the government’s request to pause the transfer of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who is fighting deportation after she co-wrote an essay about Israel and the war ...