Kseniia Petrova’s attorney said her previous arrest in Russia and social media activity “will almost certainly ensure a nice, hefty jail sentence for her” if she is deported back.

Federal immigration authorities have detained a Russian scientist who fled to the United States because she feared persecution for opposing the war in Ukraine. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aprehended Kseniia Petrova,

Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after she failed to disclose frog embryos she brought into the country. Petrova’s attorney is fighting for her release from a Louisiana detention center after Customs and Border Patrol stopped her at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb.