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“Kseniia Petrova\u2019s path from a Harvard laboratory to an immigration cell began with frogs.
\nThe Russian national who has been working as a researcher at Harvard Medical School failed to declare \u201cnon-hazardous\u201d frog embryos she was carrying with her on her return to the US from France in February, Petrova\u2019s attorney said. Rather than issue a fine, Petrova\u2019s exchange visitor visa was revoked, and she was taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Revoking Petrova\u2019s visa was \u201ca punishment grossly disproportionate to the situation,\u201d her attorney, Greg Romanovsky, said, calling the error on the customs form \u201cinadvertant.\u201d”<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
“an increasing number of student deportation threats involve the revocation of visas based on relatively minor offenses like years-old misdemeanors, according to immigration attorneys, or sometimes no reason at all.”<\/p>\n
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