"Indeed, it is both preposterous and offensive for the government to bring someone into the United States against their will and then turn around and seek ICE detention because that person is here illegally,' magistrate judge Zia M Faruqui said in a written order. The government needs to decide what its priorities are: ginning up deportation stats or prosecuting alleged criminals, he added. He also described the situation Kafkaesque at a hearing in Washington DC on Monday"
"Federal prosecutors had worked for over a year to secure the extradition of Yana Leonova, who faces multiple charges including fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. But their efforts unraveled when immigration officials abruptly issued an order to detain and deport her soon after she was flown into the US last month, a move that plunged the case into legal chaos."
An FBI investigation into Yana Leonova, a Belarusian accused of smuggling U.S. aviation parts and electronics to Russia, is imperiled after immigration authorities moved to detain and deport her shortly after her arrival. Federal prosecutors spent over a year securing her extradition on charges including fraud, conspiracy and money laundering related to allegedly funneling roughly $2 million in aircraft equipment through an Armenian company to evade export controls imposed after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Leonova's temporary authorization to stay in the United States expired two weeks after arrival, and DHS told the court it planned to deport her if released pending trial, creating legal uncertainty that threatens the prosecution.
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