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Samantha Eng

Executive News Editor

Samantha Eng is the Daily's executive news editor. Samantha is a second-year English and Economics major. She can be reached at samantha.eng@tufts.edu.

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BREAKING: Visa status of 3 Tufts students restored by ICE

By Samantha Eng | April 25

Three of nine Tufts international students whose Student and Exchange Visitor Information System records were terminated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were restored to active status as of Friday morning, according to Patrick Collins, Tufts’ executive director of media relations. The university received no notice of the change in students' visa status from the government but discovered the restorations through ongoing monitoring, according to Collins. 

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Rümeysa Öztürk describes detainment, poor conditions at ICE detention center in declaration

By Samantha Eng | April 11

On Thursday, Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal counsel filed a motion to the United States District Court for the District of Vermont for her immediate release or, alternatively, her return to Vermont. The government’s counsel argues that Öztürk’s petition remains improperly filed and that the only court with the proper jurisdiction over her case is in Louisiana, where she is currently detained. In a Vermont hearing on Monday, the district court will consider its jurisdiction over Öztürk’s case.

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Federal judge orders Rümeysa Öztürk not be removed from United States

By Samantha Eng | March 29

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper for the district of Massachusetts ordered Friday evening that Tufts doctoral student, Rümeysa Öztürk, not be removed from the country unless otherwise ordered by the court. Respondents including Patricia Hyde, acting director of the ICE Boston field office, have until Tuesday to address the amended petition and civil complaint.

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Somerville City Council decision leaves inclusion of divestment ballot question to community

By Samantha Eng and Josué Pérez | March 28

Somerville City Council voted to file a ballot initiative for Somerville’s divestment from companies in business with Israel on Thursday night, requiring activists to collect about 5,500 voter signatures to secure the question a spot on the city’s November ballot. The council’s 9–2 vote was preceded by a rally organized by Somerville for Palestine, attended by hundreds of Somerville community members outside Somerville City Hall.

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Over 2,000 protest in wake of student detainment

By Samantha Eng, Matthew Sage and Josué Pérez | March 27

Students and local activists gathered on Wednesday evening at Powder House Park to protest the detainment of Tufts graduate student, Rumeysa Ozturk, by federal authorities on Tuesday. The protest was organized by Coalition for Palestinian Liberation, formerly known as the Coalition for Palestinian Liberation at Tufts, and other activist groups from the Greater Boston area.

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