Dr. Suha AbushammaSubmitted
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A federal judge in New York will hold a hearing Feb. 15 on whether a Cleveland Clinic doctor denied entry to the U.S. over the weekend under President Donald Trump’s immigration ban should be allowed to return.
In an order issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon also ordered the government to show why it should not restore Dr. Suha Abushamma’s visa and allow her to re-enter the country.
Abushamma, an internal medicine resident at the Clinic since July, said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday evening that she was “misled and coerced” by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents into signing forms that withdrew her work visa when she arrived in New York on Saturday. Abushamma, who has a passport from Sudan, was put on a plane back to Saudi Arabia after signing the forms.
She also said immigration officials violated a stay issued by another New York federal judge that barred officials from removing anyone who arrived in the U.S. with a green card or work visa from removing anyone who named in Trump’s executive order on immigration.
Trump’s order included a 90-day travel ban affecting citizens of seven countries, including Sudan. All the countries are majority Muslim and Trump has said the order was to prevent a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The ban affected those with work visas and green cards, though the federal government on Sunday said those with green cards may enter the U.S.
Abushamma, 26, of Cleveland Heights, said she was detained for much of Saturday without food before being Bahis Siteleri put on a plane. The Clinic trying to have Abushamma returned.
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