French government seeking release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE
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Key Points:
- The French government is urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release Marie-Therese Ross, an 86-year-old French widow of a U.S. military veteran, who was detained for overstaying her visa.
- Ross was detained in Alabama on April 1 and is currently held at a federal immigration facility in Louisiana, amid the Trump administration's strict deportation policies targeting spouses of U.S. soldiers and veterans.
- Rodolphe Sambou, French Consul General in New Orleans, has visited Ross twice and is actively coordinating with French officials and Ross' family to secure her release and ensure her well-being.
- Ross married William Ross, a former U.S. Army captain, in April 2023, and he passed away in January 2024; legal representatives and family have not commented publicly on the case.
