Trump administration ordered to explain deporting Brown University doctor Rasha Alawieh

Published March 17, 2025 9:52am ET



A professor with a valid visa has been deported from the United States under the Trump administration despite a court order stopping the administration from doing so.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, is a Lebanese citizen, kidney transplant specialist, and professor at Brown University’s medical school who traveled to Lebanon last month to visit family. Upon returning to the U.S., she was detained, denied entry, and flown out of the country.

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