I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
Yukon-born, BC resident Jasmine Mooney describes the horrifying experience.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooneyOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca
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That wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials.
Ehhhhhhhhhh.....depends what the person's job was
But hundreds of thousands, or millions of other Nazis were never tried or punished for their crimes. Indeed, it was usually the ones who gave the orders who were tried.
"I'm sorry I am just doing my job....
and loving it."
Deplorable.
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Reminder that Americans and their defenders in the CPC will tell you that she did something wrong, and why should she expect special treatment?
And indeed yes, the biggest difference now is that the horrid treatment that minorities have long face is applied to Canadians now. Even conventionally attractive white Canadians.
We liked the special treatment, but the regular treatment was never okay. We should have rejected the special treatment then but we were cowards and getting special treatment felt nice. You can save a few bucks on cheese, after all. The weather was nice.
Because anyone can make a mistake. Marooney did, but I make mistakes sometimes and you could too.
Don’t let this happen to you, do not choose to enter the United States.
She was trying to apply for a renewal of her exiatin work permit and ICE complained that the letterhead on one of the documents she presented was wrong.
I don’t know that we have an accurate perspective on what the actual reasons were. Perhaps she’s telling the truth, perhaps she’s selecting truths that paint her actions in the best light.
But to me it doesn’t matter. She had a somewhat reasonable expectation of special treatment because we had been given special treatment before. We are surprised because it is new, this is why it’s being published as news.
The specifics of her mistake don’t matter because we all make mistakes. So if I make a mistake I will be treated like I’d expect them to treat the mistake made by a Muslim person or a Haitian. And that isn’t a risk I’d willingly take, because I do make mistakes sometimes.
The shift from being part of the “safe” group to the vulnerable group took a lot of Canadians by surprise, including me.
And indeed, many in the American left still doesn’t see this in that way. Because the barrel isn’t yet pointed at them. Which implies that many of us — maybe including me — wouldn’t either if the focus was solely on Mexico and central/south America and China.
Wasn't she a Maple Maga?
Oh, yah: https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/comment/15718257
We'll see if this experience is humbling for her in any way. If she wasn't aware of what was happening before, then she will be very aware now from first-hand experience.
That story is absolutely heart-breaking. It's funny to me that reading that story, I can just tell I wouldn't like Jasmine Mooney. We wouldn't get along on a personal level. Her humour isn't my kind. Her view of things doesn't line up with how I perceive the world. We wouldn't be friends. And yet, I'm so incredibly moved by her story and I really respect the humility she shows in highlighting the stories of the other women she met in that system. I'm going to share this around, this feels really important.
That's because she's MapleMAGA^(https://www.instagram.com/jasminemooney)^
You can tell by the deference she displays to oppressive figures like detention guards along the way. This is a total "leopards ate my face" moment.
You were!