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That's a fair question. She has no interesting online activity besides that op-ed, so hard to see what else it could be.

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Rubio made a very vague statement:

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-u...

Alleging that she was part of a larger group that committed crimes... but if that's the case, why didn't they arrest anyone else who was there?

The crime is writing the op-ed. The group are the editors and other writers. They cannot be arrested - they dont have VISAs because they are US citizens.

I was referring to her being at the site of a protest. Why weren't any other protesters arrested? You don't need a visa to be arrested.

Because you cannot arrest US citizen just because they are at some gathering. You cant do that to someone on VISA.

What you can do is take someones VISA on basis of small gathering that you call protest.

> Rubio suggested without evidence she was involved in disruptive student protests

I wasn't trying to imply she was merely there, as Rubio is saying they participated. They never said the op-ed was related... so my question is, if the only reasoning is taking part in the protest, then why arrest nobody else who was there?

Maybe Rubio is not the most trustful source... i mean i said it before. They probably can't really get to US citizens. But they can take away peoples VISA on a whim. The reason is to send a message.

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