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

French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to reunite with long-lost love23 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLaura GozziGetty ImagesA warehouse used as an ICE detention centre in the state of Utah (file pic)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.His 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".They married last year and Marie-Thérèse relocated to Alabama, applying for a green card that would grant her the right to remain in the US.But Billy died suddenly in January, and his son and Marie-Thérèse reportedly entered a dispute over his inheritance.According to Ouest-France, Billy's son "threatened her, intimidated her, and even went so far as to cut off her water, internet, and electricity," her son said.Marie-Thérèse hired a lawyer, but was arrested by ICE the day before a scheduled hearing. Neighbours alerted her children.There is no proof that it was a report by Billy's son that landed his stepmother in an ICE detention centre.The French foreign ministry is involv...