Russian scientist held in Ice jail charged with smuggling frog embryos into US
Kseniia Petrova, Harvard researcher arrested in February, faces deportation as lawyer calls case ‘meritless’
A Harvard scientist who has been held in US immigration detention for months was charged on Wednesday with smuggling frog embryos into the United States, and likely faces deportation.
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist and research associate working at Harvard University, was originally detained by immigration officials in February after attempting to enter the United States at Boston Logan international airport.