Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos remains in custody after judge grants ICE bail

Judge: Harvard Researcher Charged With Smuggling Was Unlawfully Detained By ICE

Kseniia Petrova forgot to declare frog embryo samples upon her return to Boston. The Trump administration tried to have her deported.

Federal Judge Orders Russian Researcher to Be Released From ICE Custody

A federal judge has granted bail to a Russian medical researcher at Harvard University in her immigration case, but she still faces a criminal smuggling charge and will remain in detention. At a hearing on May 28, Judge Christina Reiss of the District Court of Vermont said that Kseniia Petrova’s continued immigration detention was unjustified. She gave the federal government until May 30 to propose the terms of release. Petrova, a citizen of Rus…

U.S. Judge Grants Russian Researcher Bail in Immigration Case

A federal judge in Vermont on Wednesday ruled that the continued detention by immigration authorities of a Russian-born scientist at Harvard University was unjustified, removing a key hurdle to the researcher being released from U.S. custody more than three months after she was detained at an airport in Boston.

Harvard Medical Researcher Granted Bail in Immigration Case

A federal judge has granted a Harvard Medical School research associate bail in her immigration case, but she still faces a criminal charge and remains in detention, media reported Wednesday.

Judge Orders Release of HMS Researcher Kseniia Petrova From ICE Custody

A federal judge ordered the release of Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School researcher who has been fighting deportation proceedings for nearly three months, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at a Wednesday bail hearing in Vermont.

Vermont judge orders Harvard scientist freed from ICE custody, calling her detention unlawful

Kseniia Petrova, a genetics researcher originally from Russia, still remains jailed on a separate federal criminal charge in Massachusetts alleging she illegally tried to smuggle frog embryo research samples into the United States.