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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.

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 87 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

If you have friends in the US you better reunite with them in free countries, not in fascist hell-holes.

[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm meeting my US friend in Amsterdam or somewhere in France this summer. I'm really glad because I still find it difficult to tell her that I have no interest in traveling to the US.. even though Oregon must be beautiful.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I still find it difficult to tell her that I have no interest in traveling to the US

Tell her. If she's insisting that you visit this hellhole, then she needs to know that you feel unsafe. I live in Texas, and my family keeps talking about coming to visit me. I have to tell them that it's a bad idea, and I explain, "don't mistake my survival for your safety." The fact that I haven't been blasted in the face by ICE yet is not proof that Texas is alright; it's just proof that I haven't been blasted in the face by ICE. Yet.

[–] Blakrabbit@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

True. As soon as that state turns blue, they will turn up the violence just like they are doing in Cali. :(

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oregon might be beautiful, the trail there is rife with peril.

I'd like a Oregon trail with an ICE update.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People in ICE detention might actually die from dysentery again the way Trump goons are treating them.

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