Brown University Urges International Community to Reconsider Travel Amid Deportation Concerns
In This Article Travel Advisory Issued Following Professor’s Deportation Deportation of Brown Professor Raises Concerns Broader Impact on the Academic Community Travel Advisory Issued Following Professor’s Deportation Brown University is cautioning its international students, staff, and faculty against traveling abroad after a recent deportation incident involving one of its medical school professors. The advisory follows the removal of Assistant Professor Rasha Alawieh, who was deported upon returning from Lebanon despite a judge’s order permitting her to remain in the U.S. This incident is part of a broader immigration crackdown under the Trump administration that has impacted several academic institutions. In a campus-wide email, Russell Carey, Brown’s executive vice president for planning and policy, advised the university’s international community, including visa and green card holders, to reconsider any non-essential travel outside the United States. “Out of an abundance of cauti...