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.
Look,this is shit. But i cannot just go and move somewhere on a whim,just because i got old? They’re not married so she is quite literally illegal if she overstayed her visa.
Same as UK person moving to Spain right now.
The way she was handled is obviously the problem.
In the United States, overstaying your visa is not a crime, it’s a civil infraction. The term “illegal” in the sense that conservatives use it here, is literally erroneous, and so is the way that you’re using it.
They literally were married, and unfortunately he died just in January, but her green card had not yet been issued so she didn’t know what her actual immigration status is.
Read the article.
The only good nazi is a dead nazi.