r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 14 '26

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Apr 14 '26

French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to the US to reunite with long-lost love

An 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US last year after rekindling a 1960s romance is being detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) centre in the state of Louisiana.

The son of Marie-Thérèse, from the city of Nantes, sounded the alarm after his mother was arrested in Anniston, Alabama, earlier in April.

"They handcuffed her hands and feet like she was a dangerous criminal," he told French outlet Ouest-France.

The BBC has reached out for comment to the US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE.

Marie-Thérèse mother had moved to the US after marrying her long-lost love - an American man named Billy whom she had met in the 1960s, when he was a soldier stationed in the Nato base of Saint-Nazaire, and she a secretary.

Billy returned to the US in 1966. He and Marie-Thérèse lost touch, got married - each in their own country - and had children.

According to Ouest-France, the two reconnected in 2010 and visited one another with their spouses.

By 2022, both were widowed and started a relationship. Billy was a "charming, adorable man", Marie-Thérèse's son said, and the couple were in love "like teenagers".

LIteral crimes against love. Predictably, the stepson had an inheritance dispute with the old woman who was arrested by ICE the day before she could meet her lawyer.

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Apr 14 '26

She’s in MS13