Homeland Security says professor deported to Lebanon with US visa supported Hezbollah leader

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Homeland Security officials on Monday said that a doctor from Lebanon who was deported over the weekend despite having a U.S. visa “openly admitted” to supporting a Hezbollah leader and attending his funeral. The 34-year-old Lebanese citizen, who held an H-1B visa, was detained on Thursday at Logan International Airport in Boston after returning from a trip to Lebanon to see family. FRANCE 24’s Jessica Le Masurier reports from New York.

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