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.

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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Considering where things are going, isn't protecting your kids a reason to not show up to work and show up to protest? What will you say to them if they ask, "Did you do anything to fight back and protect us?" The saddest part is reading/hearing stuff like this, because one day "I have kids to protect" becomes your reasoning to march towards certain death in a battlefield, why wait till it gets to that point? Reminds me of what Aaron Bushnell said, "Many of us like to ask ourselves, what would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide? The answer is, you're doing it. Right now.”

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So let’s play this out you go to a protest instead of you job. Then you get fired from your job, so now you have no health insurance for yourself or your children. The job market is shit right now, since we just had an influx of former government employees, so good luck on finding a new job. Going to work is protecting your children. It’s how the hyper capitalistic society works. I hate it and want out so bad, but it just keeps getting worse. Most Americans retirement is in 401k which is a horrible idea basing your retirement income on the stock market. We are just fucked.

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  • [+] -13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Then you get fired from your job,

    Sounds like something to protest about.

    so now you have no health insurance for yourself or your children.

    Sounds like something to protest about.

    The job market is shit right now, since we just had an influx of former government employees, so good luck on finding a new job

    Sounds like something to protest about.

    Going to work is protecting your children. It’s how the hyper capitalistic society works.

    If you say so.

    I hate it and want out so bad, but it just keeps getting worse.

    Sounds like something to protest about, if you want out bad enough.

    Most Americans retirement is in 401k which is a horrible idea basing your retirement income on the stock market.

    Sounds like something to protest about.

    How did workers get weekends?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You really think a protest is going to work? I wouldn’t be surprised if we read about the military shooting protesters in the near future. It almost happened in his first term

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    True, but it's a start. Will only get worse if you wait longer though, if you wanted prevent this reality you could've done more. Can't change that now, no use feeling guilty about it, can only decide what you do now for the future you want. That's why i'm begging you Americans to do more.

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  • [+] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You act like going out to protest means you're definitely going to get shot. That isn't true, stop making excuses.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    And while they're out there protesting for weeks, months, years, how are they going to feed their kids and keep them from freezing? Being unable to provide shelter and basic necessities to your children is a good way to lose them...

    Lemme guess, they should protest about that? I guess now that they have nothing left to lose...

    Jfc, you really don't understand why someone might prioritize stability for their family over torching the lives of everyone they love? Try some empathy, man.

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  • [+] -14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Perhaps after those week, months, years you might have the intelligence to realize it's not working and to try something else, or adapt, or work harder. Did you ever think of that?

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