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Trump Admin Charges Russian Harvard Scientist Kseniia Petrova with Smuggling

HeadlineMay 15, 2025

In other immigration news, the Trump administration said it was charging Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova with smuggling for failing to declare frog samples while she was traveling. Petrova was detained in February and transferred to an ICE facility in Louisiana. She faces political persecution if deported back to her home country of Russia, over her protests against the invasion of Ukraine. Petrova is a highly skilled scientist, whose work could lead to major advances in early cancer detection.

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