Palestinian Harvard Student Blocked From Coming to U.S. Is Allowed to Enter.
'Ismail Ajjawi, a Palestinian student denied entry to the United States last month at the airport in Boston, was allowed to enter the country on Monday and was at Harvard in time for the beginning of classes, according to Amideast, the group that sponsored him.
Amideast said in a statement that the United States Embassy in Beirut had reviewed Mr. Ajjawi’s case and reissued a visa. Harvard officials confirmed that Mr. Ajjawi was on campus.
Mr. Ajjawi, 17, landed at Logan International Airport in Boston on Aug. 23 and was turned back after immigration officials objected to his friends’ social media posts, he told The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper. Mr. Ajjawi, who lives in Tyre, Lebanon, had received a visa before traveling.
The episode prompted a furor among free-speech advocates.
“Many individuals and institutions played a hand in this outcome,” Amideast, an American nonprofit cultural exchange and education program founded in 1951, said in a statement. The organization thanked Larry Bacow, president of Harvard, as well as embassy officials.
“In addition, we express our gratitude to the many voices in the media and the public at large, both in the United States and abroad, who recognized the injustice of what happened to Ismail and voiced their concerns in traditional media and on social media,” the Amideast statement said.
Mr. Ajjawi has said that he wants to become a doctor.'>>>
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