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Pedro Camacho

Court Records Show DHS Secretly Used Crime Unit to Detain Pro-Palestinian Campus Protesters

Court documents revealed that the government assigned a special team to target Rumeysa Ozturk and other pro-Palestinian activists back in March (Credit: Photo by Mel Musto/Getty Images)

Newly released court records reveal that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directed a specialized crime unit to target and detain pro-Palestinian student activists, including graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, despite the absence of criminal charges.

Ozturk, a Turkish student at Tufts University, was arrested in March outside her home by masked agents after co-writing a student newspaper op-ed criticizing the university's financial ties to Israel.

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