Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student, was arrested in Massachusetts and sent to the South Louisiana ICE processing center in the swamplands of Evangeline parish in Basile. Sending detainees to the cluster of remote immigration detention centers known as “Detention Alley” in the south is a common practice.

Friend of Ozturk said that there is a fundraiser people can donate to in order to support the Turkish national while she is detained. Friends of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested in Somerville last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, are speaking out.

By John Atwater, Alex Svenson Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) -- The federal government said Tuesday that a