From rekindled love story to ICE 'nightmare': France calls on US to release 86-year-old
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France is urging the U.S. to release an 86-year-old French citizen detained by ICE.
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The French government is actively pushing for the release of 86-year-old French citizen Marie-Thérèse Ross, who has been detained by ICE since early April. Ross moved to the United States last year to marry her sweetheart from the 1950s and is now widowed. This intervention highlights a diplomatic concern regarding the detention of an elderly foreign national by U.S. immigration authorities. The French government's efforts aim to secure her release from ICE custody.
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The French government is pushing for the release of Marie-Thérèse Ross, detained by ICE since April.
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