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A doctor with previous connections to Columbus has been deported after visiting family in Lebanon, despite having a legal visa and passport.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh is a kidney specialist who did a fellowship at the Ohio State University’s medical school from 2018-20. Alawieh hds been working at Brown University in Providence since July, according to the Providence Journal, a USA Today Network newspaper in Rhode Island.
Alawieh recently obtained another visa and was returning from a two-week trip to see family in Lebanon Thursday when customs officials at Boston Logan International Airport detained her.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney doctor who trained at Ohio State medical school and is now with Brown University Medicine, was detained at Boston Logan Airport when returning from a trip to Lebanon. She was deported back to Lebanon despite a legal visa and passport, and in violation of a federal judge's order, according to an attorney and Brown officials.
Federal authorities deported Alawieh on Friday evening — despite a federal court order to delay her deportation flight for at least 48 hours.
The Providence Journal reported that Alawieh, 34, worked at Rhode Island Hospital with kidney transplant recipients, evaluating patients at multiple stages of their procedures.
>https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/2025/03/16/rasha-alawieh-deported-ohio-state-lebanon/82468566007/
Dr. Rasha Alawieh is a kidney specialist who did a fellowship at the Ohio State University’s medical school from 2018-20. Alawieh hds been working at Brown University in Providence since July, according to the Providence Journal, a USA Today Network newspaper in Rhode Island.
Alawieh recently obtained another visa and was returning from a two-week trip to see family in Lebanon Thursday when customs officials at Boston Logan International Airport detained her.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney doctor who trained at Ohio State medical school and is now with Brown University Medicine, was detained at Boston Logan Airport when returning from a trip to Lebanon. She was deported back to Lebanon despite a legal visa and passport, and in violation of a federal judge's order, according to an attorney and Brown officials.
Federal authorities deported Alawieh on Friday evening — despite a federal court order to delay her deportation flight for at least 48 hours.
The Providence Journal reported that Alawieh, 34, worked at Rhode Island Hospital with kidney transplant recipients, evaluating patients at multiple stages of their procedures.
>https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/2025/03/16/rasha-alawieh-deported-ohio-state-lebanon/82468566007/
