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Mar 27, 2025 ICE detained foreign scholars and asylum seekers including Alireza Doroudi, Kseniia Petrova, and Sergei Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The detentions showed immigration enforcement reaching students, scientists, and asylum seekers in ways that threatened speech, study, and refuge.
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- ICE Detains Russian Asylum Seeker Sergei During Routine Check-in — On March 27, 2025, Sergei, a Russian asylum seeker who fled to the US after protesting the Ukraine war, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine check-in at their San Francisco office.
- ICE Detains University of Alabama Doctoral Student — On Thursday, U.S.
- Russian Scientist Detained by ICE at Boston Airport — Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Boston Logan International Airport upon her return from France.
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Week 10 – 2025-03-22–2025-03-28
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