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Canadian American Pie Actress Detained by ICE for 12 Days Speaks Out After Release: 'Still Really Processing Everything'

Jasmine Mooney, the Canadian entrepreneur and actress who was detained by ICE for 12 days after attempting to renew her visa, has been released back to Canada. She tells reporters she's 'still really processing everything' about the 'inhumane' experience — and trying to understand why she was held in the first place

Jasmine Mooney, the Canadian entrepreneur and actress who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this month, told reporters that she's "still really processing everything" after making her way back to Canada. When she arrived and attempted to enter the U.S. from the Mexico border on March 3, she was rejected — but rather than being turned away, she said she was apprehended by ICE and detained for multiple nights at different facilities in the southwestern U.S., describing conditions as "inhumane" and feeling like a "deeply disturbing psychological experiment." Len Saunders, her immigration attorney, previously told CityNews Vancouver that entering the U.S. through San Ysidro had been "simple" in the past, although a shifting political climate following Trump's reelection left him wary of her application plan.

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