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Summary

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Brown Medicine professor on an H-1B visa, was deported to Lebanon despite a federal judge’s order halting her removal.

She was detained for 36 hours at Boston Logan Airport before being sent back, preventing access to legal counsel. Court filings accuse Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of violating the judge’s order.

CBP defended its actions, stating that arrivals must prove admissibility. Brown University and her colleagues expressed distress over her deportation.

The court is set to hold an emergency hearing on Monday.

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[–] FatCrab@lemmy.one 2 points 3 hours ago

Seems like the CBP staff involved in this very clearly illegal deportation should be named and shamed. Boston is not the city to be pulling this shit in.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 30 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Customs and Border Protection said in an emailed statement, “Arriving aliens bear the burden of establishing admissibility to the United States.”

One, that language is a solid ick.

Two, while it may be true that she has to prove admissability...

A notice of court order violation filed Saturday said CBP “had actual notice of this Court’s order and willfully disobeyed this Court’s order.” It further requested an order to return Alawieh to Massachusetts immediately and to schedule an emergency hearing as soon as practicable.

... What the fuck is she meant to do when they refuse to accept her documents (a valid passport and H-1B visa), and then deport her in spite of an explicit court order??

[–] CarnivorousCouch@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

They bear the burden, and while they attempt to satisfy it we will plug our ears and shout nananananananananana.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

"Do you have papers to enter the country?"

Yes. Here.

"Believe it or not, deport."

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

weren't they arguing for more h1b's before? sure plenty of folks will want to do it given this.

[–] CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 hours ago

she

Well there’s the problem /s

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Imperial genocide <---> local fascism