The silence of the Louisiana immigration detention facility was routinely shattered by the cries of children, according to 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross, a French widow of a US military veteran. Her arrest last month, part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, garnered international attention.
Speaking to The Associated Press on Monday, Ross recounted her 16 days in federal immigration custody. She was detained on 1 April in Alabama following an alleged visa overstay, an ordeal that concluded with her release and return to France. The experience, she stated, profoundly altered her perspective on politics.
