Lawmakers Condemn Detention of Pro-Palestine Students | JQJO

Massachusetts lawmakers condemned the conditions at Louisiana immigration detention centers after visiting two graduate students, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil, held there. Öztürk, a Tufts University student, and Khalil, a Columbia University student, were apprehended for their pro-Palestinian activism. Lawmakers described detainees' lack of adequate food, water, medical care, and overall poor conditions, alleging violations of their constitutional rights. They called the detentions politically motivated and vowed to continue fighting for their release.