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.

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    24 hours ago

    I still find it difficult to tell her that I have no interest in traveling to the US

    Tell her. If she’s insisting that you visit this hellhole, then she needs to know that you feel unsafe. I live in Texas, and my family keeps talking about coming to visit me. I have to tell them that it’s a bad idea, and I explain, “don’t mistake my survival for your safety.” The fact that I haven’t been blasted in the face by ICE yet is not proof that Texas is alright; it’s just proof that I haven’t been blasted in the face by ICE. Yet.

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      9 hours ago

      True. As soon as that state turns blue, they will turn up the violence just like they are doing in Cali. :(