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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 84 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

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?

Edit:
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.

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 52 points 6 hours ago

While the actress has some notoriety, huge part of the international trade relies on short term work visa. When Airbus builds a new factory in the US, or That a US factory chooses German industrial robots, you need to send people on short-term work visa to kickstart it.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 128 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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

How dare her paperwork not wear a suit!

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 9 points 1 hour ago

You have to say pwease and tank you, missus moodey

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 87 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think I've figured out what timeline we're in.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 21 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

At this point the bombs can only bring improvements.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

At least the writing will get decent for about 80 years.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like it was in one of the spin off movies

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

At that point does it even matter? Like, if she were working another profession would they put it in the headline?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 hours ago

I don't want to minimise her suffering but I'm sure there are many other people in similar situations that we haven't heard about.

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 16 points 6 hours ago

You're only hearing about her because she has media connections in the first place.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 24 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No, but I suspect the last line qualifies it's inclusion, where her"status" and presence in the media field gave her an opportunity to amplify her story and provide the visibility it needed to get her freed.

[–] rockhard@lemm.ee 4 points 46 minutes ago

Yes and it also raises visibility for the very real issues that people have raised concerns about. It's one thing to detain and/or deport people without proper documentation. It's another to act as though people with the proper documentation who are abiding the laws are also being detained and/or deported. Say nothing for the US citizens who are also being detained and/or deported.