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Mar 27, 2025 ICE detained foreign scholars and asylum seekers including Alireza Doroudi, Kseniia Petrova, and Sergei Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The detentions showed immigration enforcement reaching students, scientists, and asylum seekers in ways that threatened speech, study, and refuge.
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- ICE Detains Russian Asylum Seeker Sergei During Routine Check-in — On March 27, 2025, Sergei, a Russian asylum seeker who fled to the US after protesting the Ukraine war, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine check-in at their San Francisco office.
- ICE Detains University of Alabama Doctoral Student — On Thursday, U.S.
- Russian Scientist Detained by ICE at Boston Airport — Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Boston Logan International Airport upon her return from France.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 10 – 2025-03-22–2025-03-28
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Mar 25, 2025 ICE officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk and moved her through detention despite court scrutiny Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The detention of a student linked immigration enforcement to protest activity and raised due process concerns.
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- Rumeysa Ozturk Arrested by Immigration Officers — Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student at Tufts University, was arrested by plainclothes immigration officers while on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
- Federal court order violated in transfer of detained student — The Trump administration appeared to violate a federal court order by transferring Rumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student detained for her activism, to a Louisiana immigration center.
- ICE Detains Tufts Graduate Student Rumeysa Ozturk — On Tuesday, federal immigration agents detained Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national and Tufts University doctoral student, in Massachusetts.
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 10 – 2025-03-22–2025-03-28
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Mar 25, 2025 A federal judge in Manhattan blocked the detention and deportation of Yunseo Chung Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The order protected a protester from immigration action that courts were asked to view as retaliatory.
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- Judge blocks deportation of Columbia protester — A federal judge in Manhattan has issued a temporary restraining order preventing immigration officials from detaining Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student and legal permanent resident.
- Federal judge grants temporary restraining order for Columbia student — A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from detaining Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student and legal permanent resident.
- Federal judge halts deportation efforts against Columbia student — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop its efforts to arrest and deport Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student whose green card was revoked after participating in a pro-Palestinian protest.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 10 – 2025-03-22–2025-03-28
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Mar 25, 2025 Academic groups sued the Trump administration over deportations of foreign students and scholars for pro-Palestinian views Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The lawsuit asked courts to stop immigration enforcement that allegedly suppressed campus speech.
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- US academic groups file lawsuit against Trump administration over deportations — The American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association have filed a lawsuit in a US federal court in Boston against the Trump administration.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 10 – 2025-03-22–2025-03-28
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