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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

Scientist Kseniia Petrova came to US to study aging. In Feb, she was detained for a minor offense, had her visa revoked, and has spent 3 months in a detention center in Louisiana. She just wants to get back to her work.

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Jason KottkeMOD Edited

I prefer an earlier Times headline to the current one: "The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren't in ICE Detention".

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Petrova's hearing was today...here's a blow-by-blow account from Anna Bower. She was not released and her bail hearing is set for May 28.

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Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist:

A federal judge on Wednesday said she would grant bail to Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, in an immigration case stemming from Ms. Petrova's failure to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the country.

"There does not seem to be either a factual or legal basis for the immigration officer's actions" in stripping Ms. Petrova of her visa on Feb. 16, Christina Reiss, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Vermont, said in a court hearing.

The judge said the available evidence suggested that the samples Ms. Petrova carried into the country were "wholly non-hazardous, non-toxic, non-living, and posed a threat to no one." She also said that "Ms. Petrova's life and well-being are in peril if she is deported to Russia," as the government has said it intends to do.

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