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"American Pie" actress Jasmine Mooney, a Canadian citizen, was detained by ICE while attempting to renew her work visa at the U.S.-Mexico border on March 3.

She described the experience as a "deeply disturbing psychological experiment," including sleeping on a mat with "aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body," being transported in chains, and receiving inedible food.

Officials allegedly told her she was "unprofessional because I didn't have a proper letterhead" on her paperwork.

After her release, Mooney credited media attention and her support network for securing her freedom.

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[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 216 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I'm confused, did she even try to cross the border or was she just there to renew her visa? Why not just send her back for fuck's sake?

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Okay, if I understood it correctly, she was already in the US and had a valid visa, which was about to expire. Her lawyer told her to go to the border to renew it, and as she was working in LA, that was the nearest border crossing. This makes it even more insane.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Absolutely. They're handling scenarios this way to scare people and demonstrate cruelty.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Come to the US, the land of the fuck you."

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's a good way for cruelty to come back around. Abuse a hundred thousand people and see if a few don't snap and take it out on those responsible. Seems like domestic terrorism may not be just a right wing hobby for too much longer. Bet authorities suddenly take it more seriously if that does happen.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 8 points 22 hours ago

They're banking on that happening so they can cry terrorism and swing emergency powers into full effect in response. Then they won't even have to detain you they can just shoot you on the spot. They're soft rolling the ethnic cleansing right now but if people start fighting back against it they'll probably stomp the accelerator on it.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

It tracks. They captured a German tourist with a valid passport and held her for over a month instead of sending her back. The cruelty is the point.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 20 hours ago
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Seriously , that’s what happened? I was going to say, the article wasn’t clear on whether there was actually a problem but it sounds like not