Adrian Florido

5 days ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Adrian Florido

Updated May 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM MDTRümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student and Turkish national, was released from federal custody on Friday, hours after a judge in Vermont ordered the Trump administration to free her.

2 weeks ago | wgbh.org | Adrian Florido

April 28, 2025 In a major reversal, the federal government is restoring the records of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of international students whose entries in a crucial database the government had abruptly terminated in recent weeks, a move that had complicated their ability to stay in the country.

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Adrian Florido

In a major reversal, the federal government is restoring the records of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of international students whose entries in a crucial database the government had abruptly terminated in recent weeks, a move that had complicated their ability to stay in the country.

1 month ago | mprnews.org | Jaclyn Diaz |Adrian Florido

After a dinner with his wife and friends, Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by immigration agents at his New York apartment on March 8. The next night, the Columbia University graduate student went to bed in a remote Louisiana detention center almost three hours from the nearest city. Mask-wearing agents picked Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk up off the street near Boston, and less than a day later checked her into a private prison in rural, southern Louisiana.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Adrian Florido

ICE agents arrested a high-profile immigrant rights activist in Denver. Jeanette Vizguerra became a symbol during the first Trump administration when she moved into a church to avoid deportation. AILSA CHANG, HOST: During President Trump’s first term, Jeanette Vizguerra became something of a national symbol of resistance to Trump’s immigration policies. Fearing the government would deport her because she entered the country illegally, Vizguerra took sanctuary in a church in Colorado.