Current Events > Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/russian-scientist-harvard-medical-school-ice-detention

Peshkin said that Petrova was a highly skilled researcher she is spectacular, the best Ive ever seen in 20 years at Harvard, and had a visa that enabled her to work in the US and travel abroad freely. In February, however, when she was in Paris on vacation, her boss made a huge mistake. He asked her to pick up a box of frog embryo samples from colleagues in France and bring them back to the lab at Harvard.

The import of these samples, Peshkin said, was legal, but Petrova made some sort of paperwork mistake on the US customs declaration form and was stopped by customs officers on her return to Logan airport in Boston.

Although the legal penalty for improperly importing this non-toxic, non-hazardous frog material is simply a fine of up to $500, Peshkin said, immigration officers decided to deny Petrova re-entry to the US. When she informed the authorities of her very real fear of being jailed for protesting Putins war on Ukraine should she be returned to Russia, she was transferred to Ice, into detention, to wait for an asylum hearing, Peshkin said.

Petrova should be eligible for parole while she waits for that hearing, Peshkin added, but paroles are now not happening.

Just missing the black bag.

I heard Ice is ordered to have big numbers. So they are just grabbing as many victims as they can on the flimsiest excuses. 1 guy got sent to a prison camp because he had an Autism Awareness tattoo. Ice is declaring that all tattoos, no matter the context, is a sign of gang affiliation

Sir_Will posted...

for protesting Putins war on Ukraine

And there it is

Idk who needs to see this, but if you are from a non-US country, look like you might be or have an accent then do not come here right now. Our gestapo our aching to fuck with you

Zikten posted...

I heard Ice is ordered to have big numbers.

That's why quotas are, in general, a bad idea.

Everyday with this

There's nothing here worth seeing or doing enough to deal with this. We need a total collapse of tourism, higher education, and international students to drive home our pariah status.