BOSTON — A doctor from Lebanon who arrived at the Boston airport on a work visa was deported over the weekend by customs officials, after reportedly admitting to having attended slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh had been granted a visa on March 11 and flew into Boston on Thursday, according to a complaint filed on her behalf by a cousin, Yara Chehab, in federal court.

The US Department of Homeland Security said Alawieh admitted to Customs and Border Protection officers that she attended Nasrallah’s funeral last month in Beirut.

“Last month, Rasha Alawieh traveled to Beirut, Lebanon, to attend the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah — a brutal terrorist who led Hezbollah, responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade terror spree,” wrote the agency in an X post. “A visa is a privilege not a right — glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be denied.”

Upon landing, Customs and Border Protection officers detained her at the airport for at least 36 hours, through Friday, and planned to send her back to Lebanon.

“CBP questioned Dr. Alawieh and determined that her true intentions in the United States could not be determined,” Assistant US Attorney Michael Sady wrote in the court filing.

US District Judge Leo Sorokin issued an earlier order on Friday that an........

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