Her mother says 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has been detained in inhumane conditions since March 3, and is pleading for help. Read more.

Summary

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.

  • Yoga@lemmy.caEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    first time Canadians have felt a legitimate threat on their democracy in like 200 years, **unless your First Nations. **

    Big ups for including that.

    • CherryBullets@lemmy.caEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      Yeah, because French Canadians being genocided and force assimilated didn’t count, apparently.

      For those who didn’t know, yes genocide was attempted and yes force assimilation was attempted. Many died. We survived in the end, but a lot of blood was shed. I don’t really expect Americans to know this. Some barely know Canada has a French speaking population.

      • afronaut@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        Hello there. I do a lot of research into history. I wasn’t aware of any French Canadian genocide so I decided to google it, and all that came up was the indigenous genocide committed by the Canadian people.

        Can you link to specifically what part of history you are referring to? All I can see about French Canadians (Quebecois) are that they were the colonizers.