Detained Tufts student suffering serious health issues and denied medication while in DHS custody
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student brazenly abducted by masked immigration agents on a public street in Massachusetts, is suffering serious health issues in Homeland Security custody.
Representative Ayanna Pressley, whose district includes the university, posted on Bluesky Thursday night that Öztürk has had three separate asthma attacks in custody while being denied access to her required medications, “a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.”
“This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure,” Pressley’s post said.
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@pressley.house.gov) April 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM