The wailing at the Louisiana immigration detention facility began at night, Marie-Therese Ross-Mahe remembered, back at home in France. Children crying, and even babies. The 85-year-old's detention last month as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown made international headlines. Now, nearly a month after her release, she was ready to talk about it and the late-in-life love story that had brought her to the US.
She went inside, while her husband remained outside, but an unexpected message informed him that he, too, had to enter the building. At that moment, the officers told them that one of them was going to be deported, but that the couple had to choose who it would be. She said she would leave because he was the one who worked and supported the household. In the end, it was the mother who remained in the United States.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday said that the US immigration raid on a Hyundai factory was "bewildering" and could have adverse effects on future South Korean investments in the US. The raid was the largest single-site anti-immigration operation conducted since US President Donald Trump cracked down on immigration, a top political priority since he returned to office in January.