World May 13, 2026 · 1 min read

‘The guards could not speak without yelling’: life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee

US authorities arrested French citizen Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé after she missed an immigration appointmentThe 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 deten...

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The Guardian
by Associated Press in Nantes
‘The guards could not speak without yelling’: life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee

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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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Associated Press in Nantes.

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