SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The parents of a Canadian entrepreneur who has been locked up in an ICE detention center for over a week say their daughter may be back on Canadian soil by Saturday.
“I am feeling incredibly optimistic. I am hoping that Jasmine is on her way home,” said Alexis Eagles, Jasmine Mooney’s mother, in an interview from British Columbia.
Mooney, 35, was detained by ICE after being denied entry at the San Diego border on March 3rd from Mexico.
The former actress and business entrepreneur got arrested under President Donald Trump’s “Securing Our Borders” executive order, according to an ICE spokesperson.
Mooney did not have legal documentation to be in the United States, according to ICE, which refused to say why she wasn’t simply denied entry and turned back to Mexico.
Eagles said that on Thursday morning, her family learned Mooney was scheduled to be transported out of ICE detention.
“We hope this …