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.

  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    24 hours ago

    As a Californian why even go to Florida to begin with, seriously there are infinitely better places in Mexico alone not even factoring in the Caribbean or Central America.

    • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      23 hours ago

      The climate of the Carribeans with the (relative) safety of the US. That’s all there is to it.

      Also we don’t like it when you’re in these Hotels for tourists from rich countries where your meal costs more than the staff earns. It just feels wrong. And inside you have this completely artificial experience that shatters as soon as you leave the hotel area. It’s just not relaxing and morally wrong.

      Also the Reason why we’re staying in Europe next year despite loving the carribean climate.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        23 hours ago

        I was thinking of the more rural portions of Baja and less touristy portions of Belize, but then again my kin have always preferred the risks associated staying away from corpo crap. My grandfather used to train jump down to Mexicali and Tijuana for dinner for context of what I think of as a good time. Is it really a road trip if ya don’t nearly get shanked at a rural Nevadan gas station.

        • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          23 hours ago

          Yeah we don’t really like those “corpo crap” holidays as well (if “corpo crap” means “classical commercial tourist destinations”). We prefer to go somewhere smaller away from all the stress and pickpockets. Rent a Hotelroom or small vacation-house and explore the place in our own pace.

          But again, we’re pretty risk-averse. Rome was already stressful for us because we were always afraid of getting pickpocketed. I couldn’t imagine going to a country that isn’t politically stable. I just couldn’t relax.

          So yeah, we don’t like that “corpo crap” either, but we also are pretty risk-averse. That’s why we usually vacate in regions that are stable and pretty rich (similar Level to Switzerland) and not too touristy. We’re a difficult clientele, I know ;PP

          • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            22 hours ago

            Ah I see, that’s frankly an alien concept to me. Risks like that don’t really factor in for various reasons, I have legit wandered into VERY ghetto areas with zero care because I saw a sandwich place and was hungry. But hey you do you friend, even if your care for safety may as well be akin to a strange cultural custom to me