Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney returned to Vancouver last Saturday, March 15 after being arrested for the United States immigration and customs control service (ICE) on the border with Mexico and staying 12 days in custody.
Mooney, known for appearing with small roles in the saga American Pie and the series isombiethus recounted his experience to the Canadian environment CTV News Before their release, from an Arizona detention center: “Without any warning about what was about to happen, they literally arrested me.
The actress also spoke with the San Diego station KGTVclaiming to never have seen “anything so inhuman.” And, according to her testimony, both she and other detained women were up to “24 hours chained.” As he points out The Wrapthe mother of the interpreter, Alexis Eagles, who denounced the case on Facebook, said that the detainees were in “a single cement cell without natural light, fluorescent lights that never go out, without mats, without blankets and with limited bath facilities.”
“To be honest, I’m still assimilating everything.
Canadian Jasmine Mooney has arrived at the Vancouver airport and got big hugs from her mom and best friend. She was held by ICE for nearly two weeks in California and Arizona after being denied entry at the San Diego border. pic.twitter.com/XCucjA8ibw
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In statements a CTV NewsEagles remarked that his daughter was “a Canadian citizen with a valid passport”, who was trying to renew his work visa and that he had an offer from an American company. From the Immigration and Customs Control Service, A spokesman argued that Mooney did not have the necessary documentation to be in the country and that he had acted according to the policies of President Donald Trump.
“All foreigners who violate the US Immigration Law can be arrest, detention and, if they can be expelled in definitive order, US expulsion, regardless of nationality,” said the ICE spokesman in a statement.