BBC Europe • April 14, 2026 13:08

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

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The son of pensioner Marie-Thérèse told French media he is worried for his mother's frail health as she is detained in a Louisiana ICE centre.

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