Deported Ivy League doctor Rasha Alawieh will remain in Lebanon as judge hears arguments over Trump ignoring court order
Source: The Independent
Deported Ivy League doctor Rasha Alawieh will remain in Lebanon as judge hears arguments over Trump ignoring court order
Brown Medicine doctor was detained at Boston’s Logan Airport last week after returning from a trip visiting family in Lebanon
Rhian Lubin
in New York
,Alex Woodward
Monday 17 March 2025 15:28 GMT
Brown Medicine Dr. Rasha Alawieh will remain in Lebanon, for now, while a federal judge hears arguments to determine whether Donald Trump’s administration intentionally defied a court order to halt her deportation.
District Judge Leo Sorokin ordered officials with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to court in Boston Monday to explain why the Ivy League doctor was deported last week, apparently in defiance of his court order.
But the judge canceled the hearing as it was set to begin, after government lawyers argued that border agents had not received notice of last Friday’s order until she “had already departed the United States.” Lawyers for Alawieh also asked to postpone a hearing so new attorneys on the case have more time to prepare.
The government will have until March 24 to address allegations, and attorneys for Alawieh have until March 31 to respond to the government’s motion to dismiss the case, the judge wrote Monday.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rasha-alawieh-brown-doctor-deportation-lebanon-b2716502.html
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