‘American Pie’ actress says she was detained by ICE while trying to renew her work visa: ‘I have never in my life seen anything so inhumane’

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'American Pie' actress Jasmine Mooney said she was detained by ICE officials while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to renew her work visa.

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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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‘American Pie’ actress says she was detained by ICE while trying to renew her work visa: ‘I have never in my life seen anything so inhumane’

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‘American Pie’ actress says she was detained by ICE while trying to renew her work visa: ‘I have never in my life seen anything so inhumane’

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She spent 11 days detained.
“I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days,” [...] “I have never in my life seen anything so inhumane.” She went on to describe one incident when she and 30 other women were moved in the middle of the night to a facility in Arizona. During the ordeal, she was forced to be “up for 24 hours wrapped in chains.”
From CBC.CA (Eagles is her mother's surname):
Eagles said the detainees at the San Luis facility have no sleeping mats or blankets or windows, and the lights are on all day and night.
- Jesus Christ, they already tried that shit with the lights in Trump I and the 9th circuit told them to fucking stop it. I distinctly remember because one of the judges was in a Japanese internment camp as a kid, and he ate that dipshit Trump attorney alive.
  And yet, here we are again.
  
  Christ with a bejeweled handbag, does somebody have a link to the juicy transcript?
  
  I hate the fucking title of this video so fucking much it pains me to share it, but this is really the best cut, IMO. There's also the full hour version on YouTube if you search "9th circuit Sarah Fabian".
  https://youtu.be/0QGLh7JOQHc
  Enjoy!
  
  I have been literally dragged away and locked in a cage overnight for being a miniscule fraction as evasive dishonest and disrespectful as this piece of shit nazi scum was to a judge. these people are at fault for not just locking this bitch up-and for bonus karma, doing it in conditions it defines are okay.
  treating nazis with kid gloves is how we got here.
  
  Holy fuck this is painful
  
  Yeah. Imo, extra painful because you can tell that she knows what she's arguing for is wrong. Not only does she know she should be ashamed, on some level, deep down in there, she is ashamed, and she's there arguing for it anyway.
  
  @faithrada • 5y ago (edited)
  The name SARAH FABIAN is now tarnished FOREVER. Just doing your job hu? Well... karma will surely do its job. You can NOT defend that which is undefendable and expect to get away with it. I've met DOGS with a MUCH HIGHER Moral Standard than you. What an embarrassment to humanity. Sickening.
  One of the comments on that YouTube video link. Her name will forever go down as filth and disgust. To argue over toothbrush, toothpaste and a warm blanket is wild!
- if you work in a restaurant law enforcement eat at, I think it's safe to completely forget about food safety. food safety regulations have never been as big a deal as anti torture laws. really just have fun with it, you know?
  
  On the other hand, if you have undocumented people working at that restaurant, best not to draw any unneeded attention to the staff by law enforcement.
  
  I think it's always better if you don't get caught.
  the politics get complicated, of course, but managing risk and the micropolitics of balancing compliance/resistance are too situational to make blanket statements about online.
  but there might be a value to giving them food poisoning so they don't eat there anymore. there might be value in keeping them there. I dunno. I'd err on the side of offense; they don't have loyalty, and their proximity means you might just be the one they lash out at if they have a bad day, but I can see the argument the other way.
- WTF
  Edit: Americans need to be on the street for this shit and everything else that’s happening
  I don’t care how, just get that dictator out of there
  
  I mean, no. this is several steps past when americans needed to be on the streets. this is the point where we should be getting off the streets, because there's not enough cover there.
- Those are some psychological mind games right there
  
  It's called torture.

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