Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a doctor and assistant professor with a visa to work in Rhode Island, was deported to her native Lebanon ...

A doctor and professor was deported after returning from a trip to Lebanon despite having a valid U.S. visa, according to a ...

Court documents say Customs and Border Protection violated a court order to halt the deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, which the agency allegedly carried out “without any justification.” ...

A court order that would have delayed the deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh was issued while her plane was on the tarmac, but ...

Alawieh, 34, a kidney transplant specialist for the physicians group Brown Medicine who worked at Rhode Island Hospital, was traveling on a valid H-1B work visa issued by the American consulate in ...

The sudden deportation of a Brown Medicine doctor has raised fears among foreign physicians practicing medicine in Rhode Island under work visas In the first nine months of 2024, USCIS granted 102 ...

Dr. Rasha Alwieh works for the Brown Medicine Division of Kidney Disease & Hypertension and has worked in the U.S. for six years. She visited Lebanon for the first time in six years to visit family.

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, immigration law clinic director Deborah Gonzalez said the Trump administration appears to ...

An H-1B visa allows employers to hire foreign workers for positions that require specialty knowledge. The petition claims Alawieh, who also works for Brown Medicine’s Division of Kidney Disease and ...