A visa is a privilege not a right—glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be denied. This is commonsense security,” Homeland Security said in their statement.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh studied and worked on kidney transplant cases in the United States, including in Rhode Island, under the legal protection of a H-1B work visa. That was, until she was deported to her native Lebanon on Friday.

A professor with a valid visa has been deported from the United States under the Trump administration despite a court order stopping the administration from doing so. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, is a Lebanese citizen,