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Guest Essay

By Edward J. MarkeyJim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley

Mr. Markey is the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Mr. McGovern is the representative for Massachusetts’ Second Congressional District. Ms. Pressley is the representative for Massachusetts’ Seventh Congressional District.

A young woman walked casually down a public street only to find herself suddenly surrounded by masked law enforcement officers in plain clothes. Without explanation — and in the absence of criminal charges and any due process — she was forced into a waiting vehicle and vanished into the labyrinth of the state security system.

Sound familiar? You’d be forgiven for thinking we’re recounting what happened to the Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville, Mass., last month. But no: That was the September 2020

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