B.C. woman returns home after being detained by U.S. immigration officials

Brenna Owen · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 15, 2025 9:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

The parent of a B.C. pistillate who was detained for astir 2 weeks by migration officials successful the United States says her girl is backmost connected location soil.

Alexis Eagles confirmed Saturday that her daughter, Jasmine Mooney, landed astatine the Vancouver International Airport astatine astir midnight and returned to her location successful the city.

Eagles said she was astatine the airdrome to greet her 35-year-old daughter, on with friends of Mooney's.

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Speaking to CBC News earlier Thursday, Eagles said her girl — who grew up successful Yukon and had been surviving successful B.C. until past twelvemonth — had been successful the custody of U.S. migration officials since March 3 when her visa was denied arsenic she tried to participate California from Mexico.

She said Mooney, a businesswoman and erstwhile actress, was placed successful "inhumane" conditions successful a compartment holding 30 radical with constricted bath facilities.

In a connection to CBC News connected Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Mooney was detained for "not having ineligible documentation" to beryllium successful the states. 

Mooney was processed successful accordance with President Donald Trump's enforcement bid that subjected "all aliens successful usurpation of U.S. migration law" to imaginable arrest, the enforcement bureau said. 

On Thursday, B.C. Premier David Eby said helium had urged the Canadian authorities to bash each it could done diplomatic channels to guarantee her return.

Eby said portion helium didn't cognize the details of the case, it was reinforcing Canadians' anxiousness astir their confederate neighbours stemming from the existent rancour successful U.S.-Canada relations.

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"The quality of our narration is truthful fraught close present that this lawsuit makes america each wonder, what astir our relatives who are moving successful the States?" Eby said.

Eagles said she had already determined she "would not beryllium travelling to the States for the foreseeable future" successful effect the Trump administration's actions, but her daughter's ordeal had "solidified" her mindset.