Trump Officials Deport Brown University Doctor, Seemingly Defying Court Order Truthout sums up a story making the rounds.

In the zealousness of its mass deportation campaign, the Trump attention, as Kit Johnson previously blogged, has not been concerned with complying with court orders.  Sharon Zhang for Truthout sums up a story making the rounds:

“This weekend, the Trump administration deported [a] Brown University assistant professor and surgeon . . . to Lebanon, despite a Massachusetts court having ordered the administration not to remove her from the state that same day. [She] has a valid H-1B visa . . .  and has lived in the U.S. since 2018, where she finished her medical certification.

According to a court filing . . ., [the professor] was traveling back to the U.S. from her home country of Lebanon, where she was visiting family last month, when officials detained . . . denying her access to legal counsel . . . . The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ordered her not to be removed without at least 48 hours’ notice while the judge considered her case — but officials deported her anyway.

On Sunday, the judge filed another order saying that there was evidence that law enforcement agents had `willfully’ disobeyed the court’s order, . . . and has ordered the administration to respond to these `serious allegations.’”

News reports suggest that the deportation resulted because of the attendance of the professor at a “Hezbollah leader’s funeral on visit to Lebanon . . . .” For more details, click here.

KJ