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Feds bring woman to U.S. to face charges, then say she’s here illegally
Yana Leonova faces deportation risk before trial on 10-count indictment for smuggling $2 million in aviation equipment to Russia, complicating U.S. prosecution efforts.
- On Nov. 3, federal prosecutors paroled Yana Leonova, Belarusian defendant, into the United States after over a year securing her extradition, and Trump administration officials shortly issued an immigration detainer.
- Her authorization to remain expired two weeks after arrival, leaving Leonova in legal limbo, while an immigration detainer lets Department of Homeland Security start deportation proceedings.
- French authorities arrested Leonova, held her in jail, then placed her on home detention for about a year before extradition to the U.S.; prosecutors say she, a logistics manager for North-West Airlines, fraudulently imported about $2,000,000 in aircraft equipment using co-conspirators and an Armenian front company.
- Assistant U.S. Attorney John Borchert asked DHS to grant Leonova permission to stay, with the request pending as of Tuesday while Judge Faruqui ordered daily status updates and warned DHS could detain her within 48 hours.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui proposed moving Leonova to home detention with a New Jersey custodian, calling her an 'ideal candidate' though prosecutors warned of slim chances to regain custody if released.
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The current administration has been frantically trying to deport anyone and everyone under the sun if they’re even the least bit “undocumented-looking” in its cold, ICE-y eyes. That even goes for people brought into the United States against their will, apparently, as D.C. officials have flown in a Belarusian woman charged with smuggling over $2 million worth of US equipment to Russia. But instead of facing proper prosecution, this foreign crimi…
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