French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention centre ordeal
Marie-Thérèse Ross was arrested on 1 April and held in a Louisiana facility by immigration officials A French woman in her eighties who was arrested and placed in a US immigration detention centre has flown home. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Marie-Thérèse Ross in Alabama on 1 April after she overstayed her 90-day visa, according to the US Department of Homeland Security. The 86-year-old widow was being held at a federal immigration detention facility in Louisiana. Continue
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, who moved to the US to marry a GI she met in the 1950s, was arrested in her nightgown at their home
An 86-year-old French widow arrested and detained by US immigration agents has been released and allowed to return to her home country.
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé was arrested in her nightgown at the home she shared with her late husband, a retired US army captain, in Anniston, Alabama, more than two weeks ago. She had overstayed her 90-day visa, according to the US Department of Homeland Security.
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- French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention centre ordealGuardian - World · Staff · Apr 17, 2026, 11:35 AM
- French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention ordealGuardian - World · Kim Willsher in Paris and agencies · Apr 17, 2026, 11:35 AM
- ‘Maman is finally free!’: French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention ordealGuardian - World · Kim Willsher in Paris and agencies · Apr 17, 2026, 2:50 PM
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