CMV: It’s bad that the state department revoked the visa of a Rumeysa Ozturk without providing any evidence of wrongdoing

On Tuesday evening, a Tufts graduate student was detained by ICE in Somerville, MA. The student had a valid student visa but it was revoked on Tuesday. The department of homeland security claimed that the student supported Hamas and for that reason her visa was revoked. No details or evidence was provided to support that claim.

The student has not been charged with any crime. The only two actions news outlets have identified that the student took related to the Hamas-Israel war were to publish an article and help organize a potluck to support Palestinian students. The article was published in the student newspaper and argued that Tufts University should follow the recommendations of the student union resolutions to boycott Sabra hummus, divest from Israeli companies, and condemn the genocide of Palestinians.

I think it’s wrong that a student would have their visa revoked and then be detained in a prison in Louisiana without any evidence of wrongdoing being presented.

Article about the detainment: https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-08d7f08e1daa899986b7131a1edab6d8

Article the student published: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

Edit 1: To clarify, I believe it’s wrong that an explanation of what specific actions she is accused of were not provided at the time of her detainment.

Edit 2: I want to give an update that Marco Rubio gave a statement about Rumeysa Ozturk. He pointed out that the state department did not revoke her visa because of her article. He did not explain what specific incident led to Rumeysa to lose her visa.

If someone were to point out that the state department or some other official did release details about what incident led to Rumeysa losing her visa that would change my view. Also, if someone explained the benefits of not releasing information about what incident led to her losing her visa, that could change my mind.