Indian woman living in US for 35 years held by ICE

In the United States around 16 April 2026, ICE detained several long-term residents. An Indian woman who had lived in the US for 35 years was held, and ICE detained a French widow, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, aged 85 or 86 depending on the account, three months after her American husband died. The French government is seeking her release. An immigration court interpreter in Texas was also detained despite decades of legal work in the US. She said, “they want to make me disappear”. Brazil’s former spy chief was released from ICE detention.

In Minnesota, an ICE agent was charged with assault for allegedly pointing a gun at motorists, and an arrest warrant was issued for an ICE officer accused of pulling a gun on a driver. Separately, a journalist who filmed an ICE protest at a Minnesota church said federal agents then showed up at her door.