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Jasmine Mooney, a 35-year-old Canadian woman, has been detained in U.S. immigration facilities since March 3 after attempting to enter with an incomplete Trade NAFTA work visa application.

She was initially held at San Ysidro border crossing before being transferred in chains to detention centers in San Diego and Arizona.

Her mother, Alexis Eagles, reports inhumane conditions including overcrowded concrete cells with constant lighting and inadequate facilities.

Business partner BJ McCaslin called the situation a "nightmare" while Global Affairs Canada confirmed they're aware but unable to intervene in U.S. immigration matters.

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[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since there is a certain psycho suggesting all Americans go to war for their personal protection I will take the opportunity to ride the top comment with this attempt at organizing a general strike in the US.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Any general strike attempt will need to have some support from unions or similar groups with influence among large parts of essential industries. While there is a nice starting list of partners there, I don't yet see the kind of big names necessary for an effective general strike, especially a country-wide one.

I hope the organizers are seriously reaching out to large established organizations.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

It's gotta start somewhere. FWIW I have been following this for at most a month and it is increased by at least 70,000 people. Not that that's enough, but 300,000 people ain't nothing.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago

That's true, and if we're lucky, some of those 300,000 people can help make it happen.