Within an hour of sweeping Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk off a sidewalk near the Somerville campus last week, immigration agents were quickly on the move.

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.

Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.

A University of Minnesota graduate business student who’s being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suing for his immediate release, saying his arrest violated his rights and he’s been given little explanation for why he’s being held.

Students from Minnesota State University Mankato and the University of Minnesota were detained late last week.

The Texas Senate passed a proposal on Tuesday requiring local law enforcement and sheriffs to cooperate with immigration agents.

AUSTIN - A bill that would require law enforcement to support ICE in deportation efforts has passed the state senate.On Tuesday, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick