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Judge cites Betar US in releasing Massachusetts student from immigration detention

JL;DR SUMMARY A federal judge ruled that the arrest of Efe Ercelik, a Turkish student charged with violence at a UMass Hillel vigil, was heavily influenced by the militant pro-Israel group Betar US. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationHillelImmigrationViolenceJewish ActivismUmass AmherstDetentionConstitutional RightsBetar UsEfe Ercelik

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Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
"A former University of Massachusetts-Amherst student, Ercelik was arrested in November 2023 and charged with punching a Jewish student at a UMass Hillel vigil for the victims of Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel."
Massachusetts, United States
"A former University of Massachusetts-Amherst student, Ercelik was arrested in November 2023 and charged with punching a Jewish student at a UMass Hillel vigil for the victims of Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel."
United States
"This act, Judge Kelley said, amounted to a violation of Erceliks constitutional rights, including the right to due process."
Turkey
"The recent detention of Efe Ercelik, a Turkish national arrested in 2023 for attacking a university Hillel gathering after Oct. 7, seems to have been almost exclusively triggered by Betar Worldwide, Judge Angel Kelley ruled last week, using the name the group uses in part on social media."

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