Rasha Alawieh, a Syrian doctor and associate professor at Brown University’s health school, who was deported by the Donald Trump administration, informed the authorities that she had religious reasons for attending Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral, but not one that was political. In her cell phone’s deleted items folder, provincial authorities reported discovering sympathizing photos and videos of popular Hezbollah figures. Assistant US Attorney Michael Sady stated in a courtroom processing on Monday that “CBP questioned Dr. Alawieh and determined that her real motives in the United States could not be determined.”
Despite having an H-1b card, 34-year-old Alawieh was deported on Friday as part of the ongoing onslaught on immigrants, both legal and illegal.
A court’s imprisonment on Friday also resulted in constitutional challenges to her imprisonment. Before Alawieh was transferred onto an Air France flight bound for Paris, CBP national John Wallace told the judge that the Boston Logan Airport officials did not receive a proper warning of the court purchase. The CBP official claimed that the company may not violate a court order and that it only acts on legal advice from its attorneys.
Wallace continued, “CBP did not receive the judge’s purchases until after the flight departed the United States because of the incredibly close schedule between the release of the court order in this case and the Air France flight’s board time,” Wallace continued.
Alawieh deported because of his sympathies with Lebanon
Alawieh has been in the US since 2018 when she came on a student visa. As Alawieh arrived at the Boston airport Thursday, she was denied entry as CBP officers started questioning her, searching her phone. Alawieh was asked about the photos and videos of Nasrallah and other Hezbollah leaders. She said she’s apolitical and she received those photos on WhatsApp groups. Wallace continued, “CBP did not receive the judge’s purchases until after the flight departed the United States because of the incredibly close schedule between the release of the court order in this case and the Air France flight’s board time,” Wallace continued.
” I believe you would be able to tell what I mean if you listen to one of his speeches. He has a very high price because he practices religion and spirituality, as I have already said. His doctrines are about morality and religion, she continued.
When questioned about whether she supported Nasrallah, Alawieh responded that she did so because of religion. Ali Khamenei, the country’s highest president, was also photographed by Alawieh, but she claimed it was purely a religious point.
Alawieh claimed that she could hardly remove all of her photos because she did not want any perception when she arrived in the US.
