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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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[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

B.C. woman held in detention for 11 days after trying to enter U.S. to be released, father says

Grateful to the family using their privledge and platform to talk about the conditions at the San Ysidro border crossing, the San Diego cells, and in San Luis Regional Detention Center. Keeping the lights on all the time is torture.

"There's 30 other people in her cell that have not even been spoken to by a detention caseworker. So there are people in there whose families don't know where their kids are." - Jasmine's father, Stephen Mooney.

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[B.C. Premier David Eby] also said he was "profoundly concerned about these kind of actions" by the U.S. administration, saying they "violate the very idea that Canadians are safe in the U.S. when we visit."

"The nature of our relationship is so fraught right now that this case makes us all wonder, you know, what about our relatives who are working in the States? What about when we cross the border, what kind of experience are we gonna have?" Eby said.

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai also weighed in on Thursday, with a letter to the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement urging Jasmine's "prompt release," and saying "the treatment of our citizens while in the U.S. must be fair and transparent."

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago

..."violate the very idea that Canadians are safe in the U.S. when we visit."

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