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.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      Once the estate passes to her, she can will it to anyone she wants, and it probably won’t be the dead husband’s family members if they gave her a hard time about it. They can’t allow the family fortune to go to the late-to-the-party widow, hoping she’ll die soon and get it from her.