Brown University doctor deported despite judge’s order: Report

Why was a Brown University surgeon deported to Lebanon?

While at first it wasn't clear why Rasha Alawieh was deported, the Department of Homeland Security later alleged that she'd expressed support for Hezbollah.

Brown U. Professor Deported After Attending Terrorist’s Funeral in Lebanon, DOJ Says — Minding The Campus

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the College Fix on March 17, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. A U.S. Department of Justice decision to deport a Brown University professor based on alleged ties to Muslim terrorists has sparked mixed reactions from academics online. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a […] The post Brown U. Professor Deported After Attending Terrorist’s Funeral in L…

Homeland Security says professor, former UW fellow deported to Lebanon with US visa supported Hezbollah leader

Stephanie Marzouk, Alawieh’s lawyer, said she would not stop fighting to get the 34-year-old doctor back in the U.S., “to see her patients where she should be.”

Dr. Rasha Alwieh: An Ivy League Doctor Who Was Deported Despite Court

Dr. Rasha Alawieh is an Ivy League Lebanese doctor and legal visa holder was deported by the Trump Administration despite a court order. The New Republic accused the Trump administration in an article of openly defying a court order and deporting the Brown University professor and kidney transplant specialist. Dr. Rasha Alawieh traveled to her native Lebanon to visit relatives last month and was detained on Thursday upon her return to the U.S. A…

A Doctor, a Terrorist Funeral, and the Media’s Selective Outrage Machine

The media frenzy over Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s deportation is a textbook case of manufactured outrage—a calculated ploy to recast a routine immigration enforcement action as a grand human rights crusade and a constitutional crisis—all in...

U.S. Deports Brown University Surgeon to Lebanon Despite Judge’s Order

The Department of Homeland Security said Monday it had detained and deported Brown University professor Dr. Rasha Alawieh, despite a judge’s order that she was not to be removed from the U.S. Alawieh’s lawyers argued the federal government “willfully” disobeyed the court order. DHS said it deported Alawieh because she attended the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a February trip back home to Lebanon. The funeral was a ma…