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Masked agents whisk away Tufts student from sidewalk, video shows

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Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk , 30 , is a Fulbright scholar doing a PhD in child study and human development on an F-1 student visa at the Boston -area university.

She screamed as an unmasked agent in a hooded sweatshirt grabbed her, security video shows.

The video of the agents, some masked, sent shock waves through the community as thousands turned out in Somerville , Massachusetts , demanding her release.

The Muslim Public Affairs Council said the arrest sent “a chilling message” Ozturk is at least the seventh student or scholar to be wrapped up in the administration’s crackdown related to the Middle East conflict this month .

Separately, the American Association of University Professors and Middle East Studies Association sued the Trump administration this week .

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