3d ago

I’m the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

www.theguardian.com I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

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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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

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3d ago

Canadian detained by Ice for two weeks before being put in a detention center with an indefinite sentence.

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She was abducted and tortured by the US government. That's the plain, simple, horrific truth.
ICE is our very own Gestapo.
- never change leemy.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  Hey, the contractor said this was how they save money. Who cares if it's also torture amiright?
  /s
  
  Okay, so at what point are we allowed call a Nazi a Nazi, huh? Is it when they Seig Heil? Because according to conservative media, no. What about when they idolize Nazis? What about when they start doing Nazi shit, dismantling due process, indefinitely detaining and disappearing people who were just trying to follow the rules like this woman? Mind you, I'm not asking for your input, Nazis never argue in good faith, I'm just calling you out on your bullshit.
  
  never stop hating human rights abuses, miscarriages of justice, false imprisonment without due trial, torture, kidnapping, and tyranny? You got it, boss.
  
  Would you have preferred they use a euphemism like "enhanced interrogation?"