A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against the deportation of Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Rasha Alawieh of Brown University at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island, on Tuesday. Alawieh was held by customs at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 13 upon returning from a trip to her home country of Lebanon, and deported on March 14, US media reported. Alawieh said she did not want to give authorities the perception she supports Hezbollah and the Ayatollah politically or militarily, according to the information.