Canadian Jasmine Mooney detained by ICE for days after trying to enter U.S. from Mexico, her mom says
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A Canadian woman who had appeared in an "American Pie" movie was detained for several days by U.S. immigration officials while attempting to cross the border from Mexico to the U.S. to renew her work visa, according to her mother. The woman's father expects his daughter to be able to return to Canada as early as Friday.
Jasmine Mooney, a 35-year-old business consultant who appeared in several TV and movie roles including 2009's "American Pie Presents: The Book of Love," was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 3, her mother Alexis Eagles said Wednesday on Facebook. Mooney attempted to cross the border with her visa paperwork and a job offer from a company in the U.S.
Mooney was crossing the border to apply for a temporary visa known as a TN visa, which she had previously obtained successfully, according to Canadian broadcaster Global News. The TN visa is a nonimmigrant visa that allows Canadian and Mexican citizens to work in the U.S. in certain professional jobs under the terms of the North American free trade pact known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
