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Our client is in Lebanon, and we’re not going to stop fighting to get her back in the US to see her patients, and we’re also going to make sure that the government follows the rule of law,
said Marzouk, who declined the answer questions from CNN
She’s only one of three transplant nephrologists in the state of Rhode Island, and her absence will be felt deeply,
said Dr. Susie Hu, interim director of the Division of Kidney Disease & Hypertension at Brown MedicineIn explaining why these multiple photos were deleted by her one to two days before she arrived at Logan Airport, Dr. Alawieh stated that she did not want to give authorities the perception that she supports Hezbollah and the Ayatollah politically or militarily,
the filing reads, per WCVB
Rasha is the sweetest person; we’ve never had an issue with her in any way,
Dr. Paul Morrissey, the director of Brown’s transplant program, told WCVBWe had a nationwide search (and) she was the best candidate for the job medically, and her absence will be a loss for the men, women and children in our state who have chronic kidney disease and will have kidney transplants,
Dr. Douglas Shemin, who recruited Alawieh to Brown, told CNN affiliate WFXTIn immigration cases, the burden is on the person trying to enter to show why they should be allowed to enter,
Veronica Cardenas told CNNForeign nationals who promote extremist ideologies or carry terrorist propaganda are inadmissible to the US, plain and simple,
agency spokesperson Hilton Beckham told CNN on MondayOur understanding is that this delay was due to increased vetting of Lebanese nationals in case of any security risk, under administrative processing,
her attorneys saidDr. Rasha Has Rights,” ... Bring Back Dr. Alawieh: We Need Her Here.”
Some of their signs read
Bye-bye Rasha.”
The White House in a social media post set a photo of Alawieh next to a photo of Republican President Donald Trump waving, with the statement.png)
Dr. Rasha Alawieh is a transplant surgeon from Lebanon, a Professor at Brown, trained in USA, here on a valid H1-B, zero criminal record, & Trump regime arrested her anyway. A judge ordered a block to her deportation. Trump deported her anyway. We are in a Constitutional crisis."
Qasim Rashid, a human rights attorney, said in a post on X
Alawieh openly admitted to this... as well as her support of Nasrallah,
it added
Pictures were found on her phone of Hezbollah figures
the family member addedOut of an abundance of caution, we encourage international students, staff, faculty and scholars — including U.S. visa holders and permanent residents (or ‘green card holders’) — to consider postponing or delaying personal travel outside the United States until more information is available from the U.S. Department of State,
Carey’s message said, ... The Hill reported
We continue to seek to learn more about what has happened.”
A spokesman for Brown University, Brian Clark, said
Officers at Logan did not receive notice of the Court’s Order from their legal counsel until after Dr. Alawieh ‘had already departed the United States’ and that ‘[a]t no time would CBP not take a court order seriously or fail to abide by a court’s order,’
Sorokin wrote of the DOJ attorneys' explanation
Because I don’t want the perception,
Alawieh said in the transcriptAs such CBP canceled her visa and deemed Dr. Alawieh inadmissible to the United States,
he added
CBP takes court orders seriously and strives to always abide by a court order,
Justice Department attorneys wrote
It's a purely religious thing,
she said about the funeral, according to a transcript of that interview reviewed by Reuters