Kseniia Petrova, Harvard Scientist:
I was stopped in the language area and was questioned about the CBP officers about my samples which were in my baggage.
After this, there were many, many questions about my samples and about my work and about what I was going to do with the samples in Harvard and what — how the samples were prepared and what for.
After this, the CBP officer came, and she asked me the same questions once again. And after she finished her questionnaires, she told me that she is canceling my visa. And after she said me that she’s canceling my visa, she asked me if I’m afraid to be deported to my home country. I said that, yes, I’m afraid.
They sent me to ICE. I spent the night in the cell in the airport. And after the next day, they transferred me to jail in Vermont, where I spent another week. And from there, the ICE was collecting several people from the Boston area. They transferred us by plane to Louisiana detention.
And here I’m staying for the last two months.
