Category: ICE

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Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility

Over the past few months, we have seen an increase in DHS seeking to buy warehouses to store individuals, creating concentration camps reminiscent of Japanese internment and other such atrocities. They have been seeking to buy these warehouses all across the nation, from New Jersey to Kansas and from Texas to Georgia. Community pushback has deterred a lot of these purchases, but others, even amidst … Read More Open Letter to My Representative on Proposed ICE Processing Facility

Who deserves to be heard?: Rümeysa Öztürk and the Power of Listening

On March 25, six plainclothes DHS agents “arrested” Rümeysa Öztürk, a 30-year Tufts University PhD student in child psychology and development. Öztürk, a Turkish national, earned a master’s in developmental psychology from Columbia University where she attended on a Fulbright scholarship, and she continued her study at Tufts on a F-1 student visa. The agents grabbed Öztürk as she left her home to meet … Read More Who deserves to be heard?: Rümeysa Öztürk and the Power of Listening