Summary

Canadian citizen Jasmine Mooney was detained by ICE for two weeks despite having a valid U.S. work visa. Stopped at the San Diego border, she was abruptly arrested, denied legal counsel, and held in freezing cells before being transferred to a private detention center.

She witnessed systemic inefficiencies, inhumane conditions, and detainees trapped in bureaucratic limbo.

After media attention and legal intervention, Mooney was released.

Her experience highlights the profit-driven nature of private detention centers and the broader failures of U.S. immigration enforcement under Trump’s administration.

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    10 hours ago

    She was abducted and tortured by the US government. That’s the plain, simple, horrific truth.

    ICE is our very own Gestapo.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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        4 hours ago

        never stop hating human rights abuses, miscarriages of justice, false imprisonment without due trial, torture, kidnapping, and tyranny? You got it, boss.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        24 hour light is considered torture. Imprisoning someone without telling them why, how long, or what should happen next is also considered torture. They are literal torture techniques practiced in countries without human rights.

        Then there’s the stories of people needing medical attention after border patrol “interrogated” them.

        This. Is. Not. Normal.

        • yoyoyopo5@lemmy.world
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          Exactly. Our detention facilities are literally designed for torture. People will say they are simply built cheaply or carelessly, but I don’t buy it. These places are specifically designed to maximize psychological suffering. And there is absolutely no reason why they need to be that way.

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            5 hours ago

            Hey, the contractor said this was how they save money. Who cares if it’s also torture amiright?

            /s

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        Would you have preferred they use a euphemism like “enhanced interrogation?”