An octogenarian French woman, detained on April 1 by immigration police in the United States and held in a detention center in Louisiana, returned to France on Friday, April 17, and reunited with her family.
“A very difficult experience for her.” The three children of Marie-Thérèse, an 86-year-old French octogenarian detained on April 1 by immigration police in the United States and placed in a detention center in Louisiana, are “relieved” to have their mother back in France on Friday, April 17.
“We are particularly relieved to see our mother, whom we found this morning, after she went through a very difficult experience,” said her son Hervé during a press conference on Friday evening at the town hall of Orvault, near Nantes, in the presence of his brother and sister.
“The most important thing is that she is truly safe, that she regains her comfort, and that she is surrounded by her children and grandchildren, which is the case tonight,” he added. “Our absolute priority today is to protect her, preserve her health, her rest, and allow her to rebuild.”
The octogenarian’s three children, who do not disclose their last name, did not wish to comment on “the circumstances of her detention.” “We don’t have enough information, we don’t know how the procedures were initiated,” Hervé explained.
This French woman, married to an American deceased in January, returned to France on Friday morning and arrived in the afternoon in Orvault (Loire-Atlantique), where she had lived for a long time.
“She is delighted, she is happy, she is relieved,” explained the mayor of the town, Sébastien Arrouët, to the press. “Put yourself in her shoes: 86 years old, in a country she knows a little, it fell on her like that. I don’t think people realize the psychological violence, she needs to digest all of this,” the mayor added.
Context: – The French woman, an octogenarian, was detained by immigration authorities in the United States in April and has now returned to France.
Fact check: – The article mentions the detention of the French woman in the U.S., noting the concerns raised by her family about the circumstances of her detention.
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