A Russian scientist from Harvard was thrown in IJsset after she was asked to transport fricker fryos from France.
Kseniia Petrova was seized on 16 February on the Logan Airport of Boston in Massachusetts because she had asked the most important research scientist of the Animal Monsters, Leonid Peshkin, to transport by hand.
The embryos were initially intended to be sent by post, but after packaging errors, Petrova decided to return samples after a holiday.
“I made a mistake,” Peshkin said the Boston Globe. “I regret that I did this.”
There seemed to have been a paperwork error when explaining the embryos at customs, which resulted in Petrova's initial detention at the airport.
After being interrogated and held by American customs and border protection, she was transferred to immigration and customs enforcement.
Petrova, who was on a visa in the US, was held in a detainment center in Vermont before being sent to a center in Louisiana.
Peshkin told The Globe that the Kikkerembryo samples were the key to their work in studying how genes are used in organisms.
Kseniia Petrova is a research scientist at the Harvard Medical School that was held by ICE on 16 February for not declaring Kikkerembryo samples well, which she brought back to her laboratory
Petrova was held at Logan International Airport in Boston Massachusetts by American customs and border protection and was then transferred to the guardianship of immigration and customs enforcement
Chief research scientist Leonid Peshkin said he was sorry that he asked Petrova to return the embryomonsters and speaks every day with his colleague in ice Detainment
The research scientist added that monsters of human and rodents can be difficult to work with, so the team chose Kikkerembryos.
When they tried to send the samples, the package appeared 'thawed, wrong and lost'.
Petrova's France trip to see pianist András Schiff offered her the perfect opportunity to safely transport the monsters themselves.
Peshkin said she was trying to hide nothing and the samples had stored in a 'considerable box with ice packages'.
What happened after was a series of unforeseen nightmare -like events that resulted in Petrova's detainment.
“She had high art and museums in Paris these two weeks and came back to prison,” said Peshkin in his interview with The Globe.
He told the publication that he talks to Petrova every day and that she is currently being held in an ice dormitory with 70 other women.
Her meals are inconsistent and she is struggling to sleep, but her colleagues try to help her find comfort by sending her books and offering support.
Petrova's lawyer said it was not illegal to transport the embryos
Peshkin said that the embryos were vital for their research and that Petrova did not try to hide the monsters when she flew back to the US from France
“It is a misunderstanding and a mistake, and she should be back to work to work on treatments and to do biomedical research and not to learn to play basketball in a detention center in Louisiana,” said Peshkin.
The Boston -based immigration lawyer, Gregory Romanovsky, has been hired to represent Petrova.
Romanovsky claims that Petrova's fault when explaining the embryos is usually a fine of $ 500 and overshadowed CBP by holding her.
Petrova was previously arrested in Russia in 2022 for protesting against the invasion of her country in Ukraine, making it impossible to return.
After she was held, CBP instructed her to return to France and request a visa or to be deported and to get out of the US for five years.
When Petrova explained that she feared that political persecution when she returned to Russia because of her arrest of 2022, CBP decided to hold her in IJssfees.
“There is nothing that indicates that a customs violation does not make you -inadmissible for the United States,” Romanovsky told the Globe.
“They had no things to cancel Kseniya's visa, but they think they have absolutely unlimited authority to do what they want.”
Romanovsky submitted a petition on 23 February with the argument that it was illegal for the Dutch DRIVE to withdraw her immigration status because she did not violate the conditions of her visa.
CBP followed a process that is called 'accelerated removal', which is usually reserved for those who enter the US without the correct documents or through fraudulent means.
Romanovsky said in an interview with the Harvard Crimson that there was no reason to follow CBP to follow the accelerated removal process in the Petrova case.
He added that the petition was an 'orphan greeting' and that he had not had high expectations given the discretion of the CBP in the law.
Her lawyer has also submitted a petition for asylum in view of Petrova's fear of political persecution when she returns to Russia.
“She can't return to Russia without being imprisoned or damaged,” Romanovsky told the Crimson.
“It will be a suicide for her to go back.”
Romanovsky also submitted a request for Petrova to be released on conditional release, which was refused on March 14.
Petrova is a research employee at the Harvard Medical School who was praised by her colleagues for her expertise
Petrova's friends and colleagues at Harvard wrote letters to support her and argue for her release from Ice Custody
Petrova's colleagues at Harvard also submitted letters that are responsible for her next to the conditional request, but Romanovsky told the Crimson that he did not believe they were being considered.
Although Petrova's impressive CV and visa status would make her an easy candidate for conditional release, the strict immigration policy of the Trump administration made it difficult to release prisoners.
'It all falls on deaf ears. They don't spend many people like someone right now, “Romanovsky told the Crimson.
Petrova's shocking ice Detainment has left her friends and colleagues at Harvard with fear.
Peshkin told The Globe that he has had constant contact with Petrova, who, according to him, is not great in the detention center, but tries to stay cheerful.
'She hopes to be released free of charge and to get back to work. Her work is her life. She came here to pursue her dreams, “he said.
Her lab manager Michael Gage told The Globe that she was a 'great find' and had a 'combination of complex skills' in embryology, organic information and data science.
“She is not only a brilliant computer programmer and scientist, she is full of wonder, enthusiasm and creativity in every aspect of how she leads her science,” Gage said.
“She is a constant positive influence in the lab and is always friendly, caring and full of joy.”
“In short, she is a really remarkable and great person who is deeply missed on Harvard while we are waiting for her return,” he added.
Petrova's colleagues said it was her 'dream' to work in science and she was passionate about her work at Harvard
Petrova's friends launched a GoFundme to help her pay legal costs and support herself while she has no work
Petrova's friends have set up a GoFundme to raise money for her legal costs and basic needs, because she cannot work without her visa.
The Russian scientist is planned to appear before a judge during a provisional hearing on May 7.
A spokesperson for the Harvard Medical School confirmed to DailyMail.com that Petrova is a research employee, a paid position, and they are currently 'the situation'.
Dailymail.com put his hand out to Ice, Romanovsky and Peshkin for comment, but did not hear immediately back.
