Rumeysa Ozturk was kidnapped and is being detained by ICE.

Use our script to call your Representatives and leverage public pressure to demand her release.

Yesterday, my constituent Rumeysa Ozturk was kidnapped in plain sight by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged for any crime.

She was on the phone when an officer in plainclothes walked up to her and grabbed her by the wrist. Another man took her phone away. Then, five officers surrounded her and handcuffed her. All of them had their faces covered.

This is unacceptable and she must be immediately released.

Rumeysa is a peaceful protestor, a graduate student at Tufts University passionate about education, and my constituent who has a right to both free speech and due process. She was on her way to break her Ramadan fast and I can only imagine how hungry she must have been when she was arrested.

Now she's a political prisoner. We must demand her freedom.

I won’t stand by while the Trump Administration continues to abduct students with legal status and attack our fundamental freedoms. At this critical moment, I need you to join me. Click here to call your lawmakers to demand Rumeysa’s immediate release.

- Ayanna