Syma Mohammed

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish national on a student visa in the US, is currently being held at the South Louisiana Processing Center in Lousiana, accused of being “engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans”.

4 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

The US State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio on Thursday said the Trump administration was looking every day for "these lunatics" after federal immigration authorities detained and revoked the visa of a Turkish student. The announcement is sure to send shockwaves through the international student community. "It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day.

4 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed |Tiana Reid

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national on a student visa, is currently being held in detention in Louisiana, according to her lawyer, despite a judge ordering her not to be removed from the state, Middle East Eye can reveal. Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents approached and physically restrained the Tufts University doctoral student on the street in Massachusetts on Wednesday before taking her into custody for “pro-Palestine” views.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

A student who is suing the government for attempting to deport her for participating in pro-Palestine protests has been granted reprieve on Tuesday from being detained or transferred outside of New York.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

Reports show a new travel ban on the horizon with slightly different iterations, according to media reports. Reuters reported on Monday that a forthcoming travel ban would affect citizens from 41 countries, according to an internal memo they had seen and sources they had spoken to who were close to the issue.