Sorokin is giving the government a week to provide the court with more information. Yara Chehab, who filed the habeas corpus petition on behalf of her cousin, alleged customs officials "willfully" disobeyed Sorokin's order, will have until March 31 to respond to the government's request to dismiss the petition, according to WFXT.
The Department of Homeland Security told CBS News on Monday that Alawieh told CBP officers that she traveled to Beirut to attend the Feb. 23 funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed after an Israeli airstrike in September.
"A visa is a privilege not a right — glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be denied," the DHS said. "This is common sense security."