CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An internal medicine resident at the Cleveland Clinic who is a citizen of Sudan said Saturday that she was detained in New York when she was trying to return to Ohio after a trip to Saudi Arabia and was put on a plane back to the Middle East.

Dr. Suha Abushamma, who has worked at the Clinic since July on a work visa, left the U.S. one day after an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. The executive order included a crackdown on immigration from refugees and citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries.

Abushamma, 26, of Cleveland Heights, lived in Saudi Arabia before being hired at the Clinic. She is a Muslim woman and a citizen of Sudan.

She said in phone interviews from New York and later on a plane that she was supposed to be in the Middle East for three weeks but cut the trip short after hearing of Trump's then-proposed executive order. The order signed Friday, includes a 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

Trump said the order was to protect the United States from terrorist attacks, many of which have originated or have had connections to groups who profess to carry out the attacks in the name of Islam. The order has been criticized by many religious and immigration rights groups.

She said she got her work visa renewed at a U.S. Embassy this week and took a flight to the U.S. early Saturday. After she arrived in New York, while waiting in line with her passport, she was taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to a room with a couple dozen others.

She said immigration authorities did not interview her and she was held for about 10 hours in a room. She said there was a drinking fountain but she was not able to eat. She said she was forbidden from using her cellphone but was able to hide it in her bag.

By about 8:30 p.m., she said she was put on a plane back to Saudi Arabia. In an interview on the plane, she said she was feeling OK.

"I had a good long cry when I went on the plane," Abushamma said. "It's the first time I cried all day."

An attorney for Abushamma filed a petition late Saturday to challenge the decision by immigration officials. She said in the telephone interview that she was unsure whether she would or could return, though she said she would be trying to obtain another work visa.

"I still have two more weeks of my vacation anyway, so I'll just use that," she said while detailing her plans to visit with her family.

Abushamma's case was one of several reported in airports across the country in the wake of Trump's executive order. A federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press that Trump's executive order covered legal permanent residents, or green card holders of the U.S., and those with visas who were out of the United States after Friday.

Shortly after Abushamma was placed on a plane to Saudi Arabia, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly issued an order barring U.S. border agents from removing anyone who arrived in the U.S. with a valid visa from the seven countries listed in the executive order. It also covered anyone with an approved refugee application.

Abushamma's friends and co-workers spent much of Saturday trying to find out information and seeing whether they could help.

Dr. Adeel Khan, a third-year internal medicine resident at the Clinic, said Abushamma is a sweet, friendly woman and a great advocate for her patients. He described the removal issues of many Middle Easterners as "good people being put in bad situations."

Dr. Faris El-Khider, a gastroenterology fellow at the Clinic, said he had known Abushamma from Saudi Arabia. He said his Muslim faith has never caused a problem when he lived in Cleveland.

"Everybody lives happy with everybody else. It's not an issue, especially in the Clinic," El-Khider said. "The environment is very diverse."

Abushamma said she feels the same way.

"Cleveland really feels like home to me," she said.

Abushamma said she understands Trump's motives in his executive order, but wishes it was not as sweeping.

"We all know (the Islamic State) is not a part of Islam. That's radical Islam. So I understand what he's doing. I just wish he wouldn't exclude certain people," Abushamma said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

This article was update to reflect the correct country where Abushamma was born.

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