The apparent lack of any major uproar in the USA is worrying.<p><pre><code> First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out -
because I was not an immigrant.
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“she was detained by Customs and Border Protection officers and held at the airport for 36 hours, for reasons that are unclear.”<p>Since both articles here and NyTimes are only posting the positive things about the professor, I’ll throw in a possibility. They scanned the professors phone, didn’t like what they saw, and end of story.
See earlier: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43384730">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43384730</a><p><i>Brown University Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge's Order</i> (nytimes.com)<p>82 points | 4 hours ago | 36 comments
I had a Lebanese friend in medical school in the states and his racist rants about how he was considered white for his MCAT scores would make Goebbels blush so it's amusing how brown is used here.<p>The good news is he eventually got into a school in the Caribbean and today is practicing medicine in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Good luck everyone.