Widow Deported in Estate Dispute

0:00On April 25th, an 85-year-old French widow named Marie Therese Ross, Mahay, got yanked from her bed in Alabama by ICE agents on April 1st, still in her nightgown and robe. They cuffed her, hauled her off in an unmarked car, and she ended up deported on April 16th for overstaying her tourist visa after her American. Husband's death. She'd reconnected with retired army captain Bill Ross, whom she dated back in the 1950s in France. They married last April, she moved here in June, but he passed away from natural causes on January 24th, just nine months later, while she was applying for a green card. The real drama kicked off with Bill's sons, Tony and Gary, who fought her over the family estate. Court records show they took the cars, cut off utilities, rerouted mail, including her immigration notices, and even offered her $10,000 to. When away her rights, Tony, a federal employee, allegedly pulled shrinks to get ICE to arrest

1:00her. In custody, she described filthy jails, hours on hard benches, constant yelling from guards, and chains like she was cargo on a plane. Shackled with bad back pain, inmates helped her walk. She thought she'd die there, but they shared hymns and snacks that helped her find some faith. Now back in France, she's speaking out about the humiliation, while a local judge called it abuse of power and urged a federal probe. Despite that, she got sent home, shining a light on how estate beefs can turn into immigration nightmares.