""The undisputed facts reveal that Ms. Petrova's visa was impermissibly canceled because of the frog embryo samples and for no other reason," Reiss wrote."
""Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples.""
""Petrova was briefly detained by immigration officials in Vermont, where she filed a petition seeking her release.""
""She told The Associated Press in an interview last year that she did not realize the samples needed to be declared and was not trying to sneak anything into the country.""
A U.S. District Court judge ruled that the visa of Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist, was improperly canceled by customs officers due to frog embryo samples. The judge stated that Customs and Border Protection lacks the authority to cancel visas based on suspected smuggling of biological samples. Petrova was detained after returning from France with research samples and was unaware of the need to declare them. Following the ruling, she returned to her position at Harvard University.
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