Harvard medical researcher detained by ICE, visa revoked over 'lying to federal officers' about importing 'biological substances': DHS
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A Russian medical researcher at Harvard University is being detained at an Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) facility in Louisiana after federal authorities revoked her visa in February. Kseniia Petrova was attempting to return from Paris when federal authorities discovered undeclared frog embryo samples in her luggage. Petrova said she picked up the embryos in Paris to be brought back to Harvard and was allegedly unaware that she needed to claim them at customs, her attorney Gregory Romanovksy told NBC News.
She was apprehended at Boston Logan International Airport on February 16, where US authorities revoked her visa, her attorney said.
A DHS spokesperson told NBC News that Petrova was "lawfully detained after lying to federal officers about carrying biological substances into the country." Continue…