A Johns Hopkins University researcher has been released after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport earlier this week, her attorney said. According to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, ICE agents arrested Fatima Ameaka, a Cameroonian national, at the airport on Tuesday. The spokesperson said Ameaka overstayed a visa that expired on June 13, 2024. According to documents obtained by ABC News, Ameaka had a work authorization permit until 2029 and a pending asylum case. Johns Hopkins said Ameaka, who has a doctoral degree in pharmacy, is an employee at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and is “a respected member of our community.”