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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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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 83 points 2 days ago

When this is happening to even the beautiful white women, you know shit's a thousand times worse for BIPOC... I know that we had issues with immigration during previous administrations, but they were nothing compared to this vile treatment.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are these the privately owned detention centers? All I can say the USA has several Dachau's and it could become worse.

[–] kava@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Vast majority of immigration detention centers are privately owned

It's a sharp contrast to private prisons where it's less than 10%.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 261 points 2 days 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 106 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You have to say pwease and tank you, missus moodey

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 223 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

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?

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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.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 79 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Absolutely. They're handling scenarios this way to scare people and demonstrate cruelty.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Come to the US, the land of the fuck you."

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 149 points 2 days ago (5 children)

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

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[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 103 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] philpo@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

And there are numerous European/German companies who have already have put a hold on all US travel for their staff. Some critical infrastructure/defence companies even seek to implement "not even for vacation" clauses for their management levels.

The German government is openly considering a travel warning. Which would fuck over things a lot because then a) employers can hardly make their staff go to the US anymore b) most travel insurance companies won't cover the US anymore with their standard plans (it's already more expensive due to the insane healthcare costs) and require individual high risk country plans - which are a lot of paperwork and everything.

This will fuck over the US royally - because even if Trump wants to push US based manufacturing these factories need equipment. And this equipment is really not produced in the US much - it comes from Europe/Japan if you want the best and China if you are interested in the "cheap" stuff. But now it will come with either a hefty surcharge (think like double the price - or more) or not come at all because it's not worth the hazzle.

Especially for factory equipment, healthcare (there are already a lot of medical product manufacturers who simply do not serve the US market due to the insane costs to access it with little to gain) and pharma this is very relevant.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

MacNamara's 100,000 idiots programme during Vietnam War wasn't a success, so the next best thing for them is to institute the programme domestically and with intended results.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (38 children)

These stories make me wish people hadn't reelected Bush and Obama when both made it very clear they were supportive of fascist policies like torture, extraordinary rendition, drone bombings without accountability, permanent imprisonment, etc.

None of this is new. It's just louder now.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Those people have been storing up their hatred for 150 years, passing to each new generation. Only way to combat it is to eradicate it at the source

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