New York, May 28, 2025 (AFP) - US judge orders release of Russian scientist targeted for deportation

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2025-05-29
A US judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Harvard researcher from Russia who had fled her country fearing political persecution and was targeted by the Trump administration for deportation. Kseniia Petrova, a scientist at Harvard Medical School, had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in February at a Boston airport after she failed to declare biological samples in her luggage upon returning from a trip to Par......
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