Summary
Jasmine Mooney, a 35-year-old Canadian woman, has been detained in U.S. immigration facilities since March 3 after attempting to enter with an incomplete Trade NAFTA work visa application.
She was initially held at San Ysidro border crossing before being transferred in chains to detention centers in San Diego and Arizona.
Her mother, Alexis Eagles, reports inhumane conditions including overcrowded concrete cells with constant lighting and inadequate facilities.
Business partner BJ McCaslin called the situation a “nightmare” while Global Affairs Canada confirmed they’re aware but unable to intervene in U.S. immigration matters.
Any general strike attempt will need to have some support from unions or similar groups with influence among large parts of essential industries. While there is a nice starting list of partners there, I don’t yet see the kind of big names necessary for an effective general strike, especially a country-wide one.
I hope the organizers are seriously reaching out to large established organizations.
It’s gotta start somewhere. FWIW I have been following this for at most a month and it is increased by at least 70,000 people. Not that that’s enough, but 300,000 people ain’t nothing.
That’s true, and if we’re lucky, some of those 300,000 people can help make it happen.