Jim Brown and his Irish wife Donna Hughes-Brown. An Irish grandmother who was held in a US immigration detention centre since July has spoken of her relief after being released. The mother of five was apprehended by a customs official at Chicago airport and transported to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Kentucky. “It smelled really, really bad. [ ‘She’s been degraded’: A man’s battle in Washington to free his Irish wife from Ice detentionOpens in new window ]

Source: The Irish Times December 22, 2025 13:08 UTC