French grandmother detained in the United States
Marie-Thérèse Ross, 86, was detained for over two weeks because her visa was no longer valid. Back in the Nantes urban area, she shared her story with the newspaper “Ouest-France.”
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“Five police officers to arrest a grandmother.” Marie-Thérèse Ross, 86, spent seventeen days in detention in Louisiana after being arrested on April 1 by the United States immigration police. Eight days after returning to France, she recounted her experience to Ouest-France on Saturday, April 25. “I don’t want to be in the spotlight. I want to be the voice of my fellow inmates,” she said, promising to raise awareness about the detention conditions reserved for migrants in the country.
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