US authorities arrested French citizen Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé after she missed an immigration appointment
The wailing at the Louisiana immigration detention facility began at night, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé remembered, back at home in France. “Children crying, and even babies.”
The 85-year-old’s detention last month as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown made international headlines. Now, nearly a month after her release, she was ready to talk about it – and the late-in-life love story that had brought her to the US.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/marie-therese-ross-85-year-old-ice-detainee
Author : Associated Press in Nantes
Publish date : 2026-05-13 13:48:00
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