A Brown University assistant professor and doctor was deported on Friday from Boston to Lebanon despite having a valid H-1B visa and a court order halting the deportation.
The US authorities on Monday said they deported Dr Rasha Alawieh after discovering “sympathetic photos and videos” of Hassan Nasrallah, the former long-time leader of Hezbollah, and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in her cell phone’s deleted items folder.
As the fight continued, hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the Rhode Island State House lawn to show their support.
Dr Rasha Alawieh is a Lebanese citizen who was living in Rhode Island and worked at Brown University’s medical school, Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, since July 2024, as per India Today.
According to The Times of India, quoting Dr George Bayliss, the transplant division’s medical director, she assessed possible kidney transplant candidates and monitored patients after the procedure.
She was appointed as an assistant professor at Brown Medicine.
Alawieh was approved for an H-1B visa, which was sponsored by Brown Medicine. The solicitor, who manages immigration matters for the university’s doctors, said her visa was valid till mid-2027.
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