CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Sudanese Cleveland Clinic doctor sent to Saudi Arabia after being detained in New York last week said in a court filing Thursday that her career could be irreparably harmed if she is not allowed to return to Ohio.

Dr. Suha Abushamma, in a filing asking for an injunction, wrote that "continuing delay in her return could complicate her ability to fulfill the rigorous requirements of internal medicine residents.

"If Dr. Abushamma's (work) visa is not reinstated and she is not permitted to return to Cleveland promptly, the career that she has worked so hard for could be permanently jeopardized," the filing says.

Abushamma, a citizen of Sudan, has been an internal medicine resident at the Clinic since July. She claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that she was "misled and coerced" by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents into signing forms that withdrew her work visa when she arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday after returning from a vacation to Saudi Arabia.

Abushamma, 26, of Cleveland Heights, was put on a plane back to Saudi Arabia, where her family lives, after signing the forms.

Her story is one of several that surfaced over the weekend in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries, including Sudan.

The doctor also said immigration officials violated a stay issued by New York federal Judge Ann Donnelly that barred officials from removing anyone who arrived in the U.S. with a green card or work visa from removing anyone who named in Trump's executive order on immigration.

Abushamma's filing from Thursday says the doctor is likely to win her lawsuit. It says Donnelly said on Saturday that removing those with visas, like Abushamma, under Trump's order would cause harm.

"No less than five other courts in four different districts -- indeed, every court to have subsequently considered the issue -- have agreed," the filing says.

The federal government has until Tuesday to respond. New York federal Judge Carol Bagley Amon will hold a hearing for Abushamma's case on Feb. 15.

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