Jasmine Mooney
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I can't even process what just happened because there was no heads up. Next thing you know, I'm taken. And for two weeks, haven't been told anything, moved in different cells, sleeping on cement, sleeping in different jail cells. Like it just nothing makes sense to me. And I'm still trying to process the entire situation.
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So I'll give you a little backstory of how I got into this situation in the first place. So a year ago, I had been offered a job working for a health and wellness company in Los Angeles. So I had originally applied for my TN visa at the Canadian border, which weirdly got denied over a letterhead. They said we weren't professional and we're missing the letterhead.
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And he denied me and said I had to reapply. And obviously super annoying. But I truly didn't think it was that big a deal because you can keep reapplying. And so my lawyer was actually based in San Diego. And he said, Jasmine, just come on down San Diego. We'll go to the San Diego border. I'll come with you to ensure that there are no issues with your paperwork.
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So I ended up going there, went into the immigration office, got my visa within half an hour, and I was working and living in California. So fast forward to about four months ago, I had been traveling back and forth, absolutely no issues until I got stopped. And one of the agents was like, why were you originally denied? And then you went to that border. That seems really shady.
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And I explained my story and he said, well, you're not allowed to process visas there. And I said, well, I'm sorry, I did. Like they did process my visa. My lawyer has been doing this for 20 years. I have many friends that have done it there. And then he said, well, it wasn't processed properly. So it was just like this weird back and forth. And then they took me to secondary.
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It just seemed like they were trying to find anything to revoke my visa. And then as they were going through the company that I was working for, one of the beverages has hemp in it. And he said, you can work for them in Canada, but you're not allowed to work for them in America. And he revoked my visa.
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So I ended up staying in Canada for the next few months and then I didn't want to have to appeal it. I just didn't want to have to deal with any issues moving forward at the border. So I ended up getting another job offer with another health and wellness brand. And I call my lawyer. I'm like, can I just reapply the same way? And he said, yes, of course, you're allowed to reapply.
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Worst thing that can happen is they just deny you like you were the first time. I'm like, okay, great. And because I was so familiar with the office previously, I was like, I'm just going to go back to the office that they gave it to me before. So that was, I guess... three weeks ago now. And so when I entered, I had like 50 pages of my paperwork applying for my TN visa.
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And the woman goes, you're not eligible for this visa. And I said, well, I just had this visa. I was just living in America with this visa. And sure enough, she calls her supervisor. Oh, OK. Yes, you are. You are eligible for this visa. And then they accepted my visa. And then while they were processing my visa, they were just going back and forth.
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And they're like, oh, your passport is going to expire in a couple of years. And I'm like, well, can I just because the visa I was applying for was three years. And she said, I'm like, well, can you just give me this visa and then I'll come reapply for the last year? They said yes. And then I went back and sat down and then she called me back over and she said, I'm so sorry, but we messed up.
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Because you had a denial and because you had your visa voided, you need to apply for your visa through the consulate. And I said, no one has ever told me that. My lawyers did not know that. I'm sorry. I will go do that. And she goes, you didn't do anything wrong. You're not in trouble. You're not a criminal.
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And that was a really weird thing that she said, because I'm like, of course, I'm not a criminal. And she goes, but we have to send you back to Canada. And in my head, I was like, okay, I was planning on going back anyway. And I sat down and I started looking at flights. And then next thing you know, this man comes out and he said, Jasmine, can you please come with me? And I followed him.
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And they ripped my stuff out from my hands. They took my cell phone. They put me up against the wall. This woman started patting me down. They ripped off my shoes, ripped out my shoelaces. And I got put into a jail cell for 48 hours. And that's where my journey begins.
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So right before I was put into the cell, they said, who do you want us to contact? And I gave them my best friend's phone number. And then every single time I asked an officer, they said... I don't know. We're not on your case. We're not with ICE. We're just doing what we're told. So I wasn't able to talk to anyone until the third day.
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So then on the third day, they took me out and I sat down with this officer and they told me, you are being banned for five years. Sign here, sign here, sign here. You are allowed to apply, like to appeal this ban and we need to detain you and you are going to be sent back to Canada. And I said, when is that going to be? And they said, I don't know.
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And that is literally what I was told over and over and over. I don't know. And then from there, I was placed into a real prison. And then I spent almost two weeks in two different prisons, actually.
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So that so that was in what I'm like, I've learned all the prison lingo now. Yeah. The first few days, they call it holding. So I was put in a small, freezing cold jail cell on this tiny mat, sleeping on the cement. And they don't give you pillows or blankets. They give you this weird aluminum sheet that wraps over your body like a dead body. And there are about five other girls in there.
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And then on the third day, that's when they process you into prison. So it's a full day of fingerprints, interviews, medical, psychological tests. And you're sitting in a jail cell in between those. It's freezing cold. They made us shower and change into the prison outfit. So then you're sitting in this prison cell with wet hair.
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And then late at night, they put me into the prison where it's literally like the movies, like two levels, rows of cells, common area in the middle. And that was in San Diego.
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You know what? It's so weird because when I got out of there, it just felt like... I'm like, did that even just happen? Because when you're put into this system, you're in fight or flight. I think, honestly, I just went into shock. I tried to just sleep. I'm like, I'm not going to be in here long. Let's just sleep this through. And I meditated.
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And then when I got into the real... Okay, actually, I'll tell you this story. So before I was placed into real jail, I was begging anyone to give me answers. And one of the officers goes to me. He's like, listen, I don't know your case. You could be in here for days. You could be in here for weeks. But you need to prepare yourself mentally right now to be in here for months.
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So that can you imagine someone saying that to you? That is when I started like having serious, serious panic and anxiety. And then when I got placed into real prison, I kind of like I was in shock still barely slept. And I think I just like I didn't leave myself for the first day because I was just in utter disillusion of what was going on.
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And so it was, I think on the third day from the original jail and I got woken up at 3 AM and the guard was like, Pack your bags. You're leaving. And in my head, I was like, oh, my God, finally, I get to go home. And then I went downstairs and there was about 10 other girls standing there and everyone was crying, but like not happy tears. And that's when I learned about the term transfer.
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So that process is one of the worst experiences of the entire duration of my stay. What they do is they have to transfer you out of the jail. So you're put back into the holding cells. You have to change into your clothes that you came in. And there was about 10 girls and like 50 guys. And they have to go through every single person, transfer them out. And then we were put in chains.
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So what they do is they put chains around your waist. They put handcuffs on your hands that are attached to your waist and handcuffs on your feet. And they loaded us all into this big prison bus. And then drove us from San Diego to Arizona. So you're in chains for about five hours. And then once you get to the prison, they have to do the entire onboarding process again.
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So you have to go through medical tests, psychological tests, fingerprints. By the time we actually got to our cell, it was exactly 24 hours and you do not sleep the whole time.
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That is when Morrell was at an all-time low walking into that. So they put 30 of us into one jail cell. There's no daylight. The beds were missing sheets. There's no pillows. Each person had one blanket. It was freezing cold. They had nothing to do in there. And I wasn't allowed a phone call in that jail. There's no commissary. There's no phone call.
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They gave us one plastic spoon, one styrofoam cup that we had to reuse for every single meal. The food was not food. The bathrooms are just like 30 people sharing this open bathrooms, like toilets and showers. It was insane. Honestly, I could not. I couldn't believe it. And that's when I really started freaking out again. And that's when my friends and I really like, how do I get out of here?
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Um, so my entire stay, I was not talked to once by an officer about my case. I had no idea how long I was going to be in there. There was no answers from anyone I had requested at the previous jail. There's these like little tablets that they give you, um, if you want to request something. So I requested to speak to my ice officer. I told them that I would pay for my flight home. Um,
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Please just give me any answers. I need information for my lawyer that I was giving my friends. And then what happened at the second jail, there was another like weird tablet on the wall that we figured out how to use. And I thank God was able to use email.
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So I actually, one little tip, memorize phone numbers and memorize emails because you don't realize that you don't know anyone's information until you're in a situation like this. So I ended up emailing my CEO who then got in contact with my friend. And so my friend and I were emailing back and forth and I was like,
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You need to contact the media because she had already been working with the lawyers, with my family, with friends, with resources, and nothing was happening. So I was like, I cannot be in here. Contact the media. So what ended up happening is, of course, like you become friends with everyone in the cell and everyone knew each other's stories.
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And so one of the girls ended up giving me her call that she was she had been in there for a while. So she was able to use calls. And so she gave me her call and I called my friend who then got me in contact with a reporter. And then the second that my story came out, I called my lawyer and was like, Jasmine, yeah, yeah. Oh, she's here. We weren't aware that she would pay for her own flight home.
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No problem. We're going to get her out right away. And then I was released the next day. And when I was released, they transferred me back to San Diego. So I had to do that whole transfer process twice in the five hour chain ride. And then I got to go home.
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No, you know, it's funny. So when I was at the airport, I had two officers that were actually extremely kind and they looked through all of my files and all of my paperwork and they couldn't even quite understand what was going on there. Like, there's no notes. It's so vague. You need to appeal this. And then finally,
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they told my lawyer that I didn't have proper documents or I don't even know what they said, but it really just didn't make sense. And the fact that I told them that I would pay for my flight the second I got there I've had many lawyers reach out to me because stuff like this is happening a lot right now and they don't understand what's going on. And so I truly don't have the answers.
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I don't. I've been asked that a lot. I'm just really trying to get my bearings right now and trying to get a grasp of everything that's happened. I'm definitely going to be appealing my ban because five years is insane. But right now, I'm just really trying to be a voice for what is happening in there because a lot of people are scared to talk about what is happening.
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And, or they're just so traumatized. Like I had this lawyer call me a couple of days ago and he's like, I cannot believe how well you're handling this. He's like, I've grown men that were in there for three days and they are in absolute shambles. It's like when you're in there, everything that they do is meant to break you, like truly break you.
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So I tell a lot of people this. If this happened to me a year ago, I would not be talking to you right now. I would be in absolute shambles. I've been through a lot in my life and I've done a ton of healing work in the past year. And I am very spiritual. I meditate. I pray. I am extremely healthy. And literally just like a month before this happened, I was attacked and robbed in Guatemala.
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So I was like... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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