Faced with Deportation, Proffessor at Ivy League Brown University Succumbs to Pressure and Resigns

Brown University, loss of experienced professor, and a tragic outcome in the United States immigration system: #BrownUniversity #Immigration #ProfessionalMismmanagement
A brown-skinned, dream-hungry immigrant from Syria, educator, and mother of three calls for now how to eulogy the American Dream: #RashaAlawieh #Deportation #Eulogy
At a time when the United States intellectual and legal institutions are holding the torch of democracy, the story of stranded Rasha Alawieh — #BrownVisitingScholar, expert on ethnic and cultural conflicts in the Middle East — has wiped off the image of the land of the free. #USImmigration #FailedPolicies #BrainDrain
A tragedy that’s equally ritual: an immigrant working blissfully in the land of the free and the home of the brave, eventually roused by an ICE officer calling out “detainees” from the dark recesses of an early morning raid in her apartment complex. And yet, this long-cut from silver screen to real life has a horridly familiar horror loop replaying in the American Dream. Reversing the dream, however, may not be as simple for the stranger in the land. #ICEraids #DACA #Immigration
A year of juggling as a visiting scholar at Brown and assistant professor at Western Michigan University; initial exuberance curbed by an expiring OPT work permit; persistent desperation for immigration intervention showcased in public discourse, but not tangible due diligence; a sponsorship proposal from a substantial university, nearly 1,000 signatories and community leaders in support, and implementing legal counsel — and still she was not able to tear off either the visa or the handcuffs. #ReverseBrainDrain #FailedPolicies #ImmigrationReform

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