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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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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Variety is an Entertainment Magazine, so it's relevant for their readers. If you read a news article about this, they don't mention her work history so much, except as it relates to the business she recently opened in the States.

Non-entertainment news source from last week here.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago
[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago

Canada has been hearing about it since the day the US government agents kidnapped her.

 

Yes, I intentionally chose those specific words.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 46 points 1 day 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 17 points 1 day 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.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

White, some level of fame, voluntarily coming in from the “right” side of the border, had some sort of paperwork, her work visa apparently hadn’t yet expired?

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world -2 points 23 hours ago

....such and such, a dental assistant masseuse's moral support assistant....