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Salaam Alaikum,
In a previous newsletter, we shared that we’re lead counsel [[link removed]] for Dr. Rasha Alawieh , a Lebanese Muslim assistant professor of medicine at Brown Medicine. In March 2025, border agents at Boston Logan International Airport unlawfully subjected Dr. Alawieh, who was fasting for Ramadan, to expedited removal when she tried to reenter the U.S. after brief travel abroad–despite a court order prohibiting her deportation. The Boston Globe [[link removed]] covered the legal arguments in her case. We are awaiting [[link removed]] a decision from the court.
Dr. Alawieh’s case highlights the widening effects of the Trump Administration’s racist, cruel, mass deportation regime. As one of only three transplant nephrologists in Rhode Island, Dr. Alawieh’s life-saving care and expertise is urgently needed there. Her patients [[link removed]] , and the doctors scrambling to cover her work, suffer every day that Dr. Alawieh is excluded from the U.S.
Unions like the Committee of Interns and Residents-SEIU [[link removed]] (CIR), who represent physicians like Dr. Alawieh in Rhode Island and nationally, are stepping up against mass deportation and human rights abuses in so many ways, reflecting a long history of labor showing up on the front lines of social justice fights. In line with our work to build community power, Muslim Advocates was therefore honored [[link removed]] to provide Know-Your-Rights support on immigrants' rights to United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A in July, and we’re deeply grateful for CIR’s support of our client Dr. Alawieh and so many immigrant physicians like her. To see the outpouring of support for Dr. Alawieh from her colleagues at CIR, click here. [[link removed]] You can join them: sign and share their petition here [[link removed]] !
Muslim Advocates in the News
* “ CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress [[link removed]] ” featuring Muslim Advocates Staff Attorney, Sadaf Hasan.
Expanding Our Legal Capacity
To expand the capacity of our team to meet the moment, we are hiring outstanding lawyers for three new roles:
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Sincere thanks to our community of supporters for making this possible. Together, we are ensuring that no one has to fight injustice alone.
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