Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order

A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school, Dr. Rasha Alawieh, was deported from the United States despite having a valid visa and a court order blocking her expulsion. She was detained upon returning from Lebanon and put on a flight to Paris, prompting a federal judge to question U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s actions. Dr. Alawieh, who specializes in organ transplants, had a visa sponsored by Brown Medicine and was working to address the shortage of American doctors in her field.

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