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Deported Brown University professor had ‘sympathetic photos’ of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says
Politico ^ | 03/17/2025 | Josh Gerstein

Posted on 03/17/2025 7:48:23 PM PDT by ransomnote

BOSTON — Federal authorities say they deported a Lebanese doctor holding an American visa last week after finding “sympathetic photos and videos” of prominent Hezbollah figures in a deleted items folder on her cell phone.

Rasha Alawieh, a physician specializing in kidney transplants and professor at Brown University, also told Customs and Border Protection agents that while visiting Lebanon last month she attended the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and followed his teachings “from a religious perspective” but not a political one, according to an official report on her interrogation by an immigration officer.

“CBP questioned Dr. Alawieh and determined that her true intentions in the United States could not be determined,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Sady wrote in a court filing Monday.

The claims in court filings submitted Monday by Justice Department lawyers are the first public explanation of why Alawieh, 34, was deported Friday despite holding a U.S. visa typically issued to foreigners with special skills for a job that an employer claims difficulty finding American candidates to fill.

The assertions about Alawieh’s affinity for Hezbollah came shortly before a federal judge was scheduled to hold a hearing Monday on whether the government defied an order he issued Friday requiring that she not be deported without advance notice to the court. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin postponed the hearing Monday morning just before it was to begin. He gave the government another week to submit further information about what happened with Alawieh.


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1 posted on 03/17/2025 7:48:23 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
“from a religious perspective” but not a political one

As if there is a difference when it comes to Islam.

2 posted on 03/17/2025 8:03:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: ransomnote

Hope she is enjoying her new hell hole home.


3 posted on 03/17/2025 8:19:38 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: ransomnote

Jihad cannot be tolerated in the U.S.

Those who support terrorists are terrorists.


4 posted on 03/17/2025 8:48:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: ransomnote

It is time these skanky ass bleeding hearts are gone. Their breath is a foul stench in America.


5 posted on 03/17/2025 9:31:15 PM PDT by healy61
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To: ransomnote
... despite holding a U.S. visa typically issued to foreigners with special skills for a job that an employer claims difficulty finding American candidates to fill.

A baloney excuse.

By the way, would this "doctor" act similar to those nurses in Australia who said they would put Israeli and Jewish medical patients to death?

6 posted on 03/17/2025 11:49:08 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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