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A Congressional delegation traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday to demand the release of R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, a PhD student at Tufts University, and Mahmoud Khalil, a 2024 Columbia University graduate, and to examine conditions at their separate detention facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the first time a delegation has visited with either detainee. The visit was first reported by CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) shared on X that he was heading to Louisiana to demand the release of Ozturk, one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Markey was joined by fellow Democrats, Reps. Troy Carter (La.), Bennie Thompson (Miss.), Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern (Mass.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ozturk\u2019s arrest and detention sparked widespread concern after immigration officers in plain clothes detained her on March 25 and placed her in an unmarked van. She was sent from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, then Vermont and finally to Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Her student visa was terminated, and attorneys argue that her due process rights are being violated. Just days ago, a federal judge ordered Ozturk to be transferred back to a detention facility in Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Markey shared that the delegation met with Khalil, a new father who missed his child\u2019s birth after immigration officials denied him access, and said his story \u201creminds us that this betrayal and injustice should have never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khalil, a green card holder, has been in detention for more than a month. He was targeted because he led Columbia University\u2019s pro-Palestine encampments and protests last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a moral obligation to stand with and unequivocally call out the injustices Mahmoud Khalil and too many others are suffering from at the hand of this administration,\u201d Markey said online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressley said in a statement to CNN that neither Khalil nor Ozturk committed a crime, and President Trump is punishing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth are being unlawfully detained in ICE facilities thousands of miles away from home, and denied the dignity, medical care, and due process they deserve,\u201d Pressley said. \u201cWe\u2019re in Louisiana to demand answers, shine a light on the damning violation of their constitutional rights, and call for their immediate release.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressley said the lawmakers were in Louisiana to get answers from the Trump administration about the two detentions. She noted that conditions at detention facilities have notoriously been poor, so she wanted to check on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t stand by while the Trump Administration violates free speech and unlawfully detains people with no due process,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGovern also shared that he was there to fight for the two detainees who were expressing their First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMake no mistake: they are political prisoners, detained not for what they\u2019ve done, but for what they dared to say. We went to Louisiana to hear their stories & demand their release,\u201d McGovern said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democrats\u2019 visit to Louisiana comes on the heels of another group\u2019s visit to El Salvador. Several House Democrats went to El Salvador earlier this week to demand the release of Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) kickstarted the movement, pushing back on the Trump administration\u2019s deportations, when he first met with Abrego Garcia and Salvadoran officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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