ICE releases scientist arrested after wrong turn at Canadian border

An upstate New York research scientist arrested after making a wrong turn near the Canadian border has been released from ICE after nearly a month in detention.

Shovgi Huseynov, an Azerbaijani national, has been a researcher at the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences since 2022.

Under his visa, he is authorized to work in the U.S. through 2029, according to a UB spokesperson. However, Huseynov was taken into custody by border patrol agents on Jan.