World Apr 17, 2026 · 1 min read

French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention 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 A...

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French widow, 86, flies home after ICE detention 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.

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