The US government wants to continue to act against students who, in their view, cause unrest. According to US Foreign Minister Rubio, hundreds of visas have already been withdrawn. The arrest of a Turkish doctoral student is currently causing a sensation.
The US government under President Donald Trump is becoming increasingly striking against migrants. Including people with residence titles or a valid visa. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now given a sharp warning to all students with a visa. Anyone who has entered the USA with a so-called F-1 visa for studying and increment will be withdrawn from the visa. “And if you have lost your visa, you are no longer legal in the United States.”
When asked whether reports on the withdrawal of 300 visas apply, Rubio said: “Maybe there are now more than 300. We do it every day, every time I find one of these crazy people.”
Rubio reacted with his statements to the case of the Turkish doctoral student Rümysa Öztürk at Tufts University near Boston in the state of Massachusett, which was stopped and arrested on the open street by officials of the Ministry of Homeland in dark civil clothing. The disturbing images from a surveillance camera from the arrest caused horror.
Turkish doctoral student moved to prison
The doctoral student was co-author of an article in a student newspaper from 2024, where the university was asked to recognize that there were clear indications of a genocide of Palestinians. At the same time, the university was called not to invest in companies with connections to Israel.
Knowns of the doctoral student had appealed to the authorities, reported the Boston Globe. They assured that Rümysa Öztürk was not a leader or had done something forbidden. Your professors are shocked by the arrest. According to the Boston Globe, thousands of people demonstrated against the arrest.
A district court had also ordered that the young woman should not be brought from Massachusetts. According to the authorities, it was nevertheless moved to the state of Louisiana – to a 2,500 kilometer prison from the immigration authority ICE.
Chalil caused great sensation
The Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil is also said to be imprisoned in Louisiana. His case had also caused a sensation. According to its lawyer, the graduate of the New York Columbia University has a GreenCard and thus an unlimited residence permit in the USA and is married to a American.
The US government wants to deport him and accuses him of having distributed leaflets with the logo of the terrorist organization Hamas on the campus. Khalil lawyers deny that.
