A county probate judge overseeing Mr. Ross’s estate said that one of his sons — a retired Alabama state trooper now working at a federal courthouse in Anniston — was responsible for her arrest. [somebody needs to fuck that SOB up]

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #Republicans #heartless

Mr. Ross died unexpectedly in January & then Ms. Ross-Mahé’s troubles began. Mr. Ross left no will, & an ugly fight ensued with his 2 adult stepsons.

A few months later, on the morning of April 1, Ms. Ross-Mahé was arrested by US #immigration officials & removed from her home in Anniston, dressed only in her nightgown, robe & underwear.

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #Republicans #heartless

Ms. Ross-Mahé is a French citizen who moved to Anniston, Ala., last year after marrying a former American G.I. named Bill Ross whom she had met decades before, when they were both teenagers working at a NATO base in western France. They had kept in touch for years, and after both were widowed a long-distance romance was sparked.

Once married, she had started the formal immigration process.

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #Republicans #heartless

#Update

An 86-year-old Frenchwoman who spent 16 days in #US #immigration “#detention” [concentration camp] returned to #France Friday.

The French foreign affairs minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, announced the return of Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé to reporters Friday morning, saying “there were acts of #violence” in her case that concerned the French government.

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #Republicans #heartless
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/french-woman-release-alabama-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share