Rasha Alawieh, 34, is a Lebanese citizen who visited her home country last month to visit relatives.
Brown University has issued a travel advisory to its international students, faculty, and staff after the deportation of an assistant professor to Lebanon. The move follows the recent detention of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, an assistant professor at Brown’s medical school, who was deported by US authorities after a trip to Lebanon. The advisory, shared in a campus-wide email, urges members of the university’s international community to reconsider plans for international travel due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding US immigration policies.
Russell Carey, Brown University’s executive vice president for planning and policy, encouraged those…
