Jasmine Mooney has spoken out after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 11 days while attempting to renew her work visa.Mooney (r) in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love. Credit: Universal PicturesThe 35-year-old Vancouver native and actress - who now resides in Los Angeles as the co-founder of the Holy! Water wellness brand - described the ordeal as “inhumane” and said she was shackled and transferred between multiple detention centers before her release on March 14.“We were up for 24 hours wrapped in chains,” Mooney told San Diego ABC News affiliate
KGTV, recounting a nighttime transfer from California to Arizona with about 30 other detainees.How It All Began: A Trip Home That Took a Dark TurnMooney’s ordeal began in November 2024 when she attempted to fly from Vancouver to Los Angeles and was informed that her three-year TN work visa had been revoked.Determined to continue her work in the U.S., she says that she gathered her job paperwork and planned to apply for a new visa at the same border crossing in San Ysidro, California, where she had originally received it.
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