US EditionFrench widow, 85, released from ICE custody and returned home
French officials said the 85-year-old widow returned home after a Louisiana detention and a judge accused her late husband’s sons of interfering with her mail.
- Marie-Thérèse Ross, 85, a French widow, was detained in Alabama for overstaying her 90-day visa.
- She had moved to the U.S. last year to marry William Ross, a retired U.S. soldier she met in France decades ago.
- After her husband's death, a dispute with his sons led to her arrest, but she was later released and returned to France.
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85-year-old widow released from US custody, returns to France amid messy family dispute in Alabama
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Marie-Thérèse Ross in Alabama on April 1 after she overstayed her 90-day visa, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
At the age of 85, Marie-Thérèse had been arrested on 1 April at her home in Alabama, USA, and then detained by the ICE immigration police. After diplomatic negotiations, she returned to France on Friday, 17 April. Her children expressed their relief.
Loctogenary, placed in an American detention centre at the beginning of April, returned to France. This afternoon, she arrived in Orvault, on the outskirts of Nantes, where her family was waiting for her. Her children gave news in a brief speech.
French widow of US veteran returns to France after ICE detention
ICE detained 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross on April 1 for overstaying her visa, but France called for her release Thursday citing concern about the woman's age. She was held in a federal detention center in Louisiana.
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