French Widow Freed from US Detention

0:00It's April 17. This is Sydney News today, AI-powered stories from your city. In 86-year-old French widow named Marie, the RSA, Ross just made it back home after weeks in the U.S. Immigration Detention Center. She got picked up by ICE agents on April 1st in Alabama for overstaying her 90-day visa and was held at a federal facility in Louisiana. She had married an Alabama man, former U.S. Army captain William Ross, back in April of last year. He passed away in January, which kicked off a messy inheritance dispute between her and his grown children. Her son spoke out, saying agents treated her like a dangerous criminal and that her health couldn't hold up much longer in there. A probate judge even ruled last week that she suspected one of the kids, who works for the government, pulled strings to get her arrested. Now she's free and on a flight back to France, wrapping up this bizarre saga. Cases like this highlight how family fused can turn into international headaches, but at least she's safe with her loved ones again.