Congressional Democrats meet with detained university students in Louisiana

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A congressional delegation traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday to visit with detained international students. 

The Democratic lawmakers visited Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student, and Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident and Columbia University graduate student. The students were detained under a seldom-used provision that allows the secretary of state to deport noncitizens they deem a threat to U.S. foreign policy.

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