Rümeysa Öztürk’s detention is 'a national disgrace': US senator

Tamara Ceaikovski

WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Ed Markey said Wednesday that the detention of Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk by immigration authorities is a "national disgrace." "What has happened to Rümeysa Öztürk is...a national disgrace," Markey told reporters at Logan Airport in Boston. A delegation of Democratic lawmakers including Markey, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Rep. Jim McGovern traveled Tuesday to the state of Louisiana to meet Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil, who remain in custody at U.S. Immigration and

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