2025-04-23
22 分钟Hi. Yes, hello.
Ksenia, thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us again.
My name is Jess.
Appreciate you doing this.
It sounds like it's pretty crazy over there.
How are you?
Yeah, hello.
Hello, hello.
I'm fine.
I mean, as much as I can.
That's Ksenia Petrova.
She's a scientist at Harvard Medical School,
studying how cells in the human body rejuvenate themselves.
But right now, Ksenia is trapped.
Instead of calling from her lab in Massachusetts,
she's calling from an immigration detention center in Louisiana.
You said you're in your dorm?
I spoke with Ksenia over a video call.
She was in a big room made of metal and concrete, filled with rows of bunk beds.
Behind Ksenia, I could just make out dozens of people milling around,