
Three Key Takeaways:
- Donald Trump’s border policies apply equally to everyone, including Hollywood figures, as seen in the detention of Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney.
- Mooney, who tried to bypass proper immigration channels, was detained by ICE for 12 days after attempting to improperly renew her work visa at the Mexican border.
- The case highlights Trump’s “zero tolerance” approach, emphasizing equal enforcement of immigration laws without favoritism, challenging claims that certain groups are unfairly targeted.
A former American Pie actress just found out the hard way that Donald Trump’s border policies apply to everyone.
Even when they’ve appeared in Hollywood movies.
And Donald Trump showed Hollywood his border policies don’t play favorites and left liberals’ jaws on the floor.
Canadian American Pie actress detained by ICE under President Trump’s border order
Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney will think twice before trying to bypass America’s immigration system again.
The 35-year-old performer, who appeared in 2009’s American Pie Presents: The Book of Love and now co-owns a wellness brand called Holy! Water, spent 12 days in ICE detention after showing up at the San Ysidro border crossing on March 3.
Mooney found out that President Trump’s executive order on “Securing Our Borders” applies to everyone – even those with past connections to Hollywood.
“All aliens in violation of U.S. immigration law may be subject to arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the U.S., regardless of nationality,” an ICE spokesperson told PEOPLE magazine.
According to PEOPLE, Mooney’s three-year work visa had been revoked back in November. Instead of applying through proper channels, she thought she could simply show up at the San Ysidro border crossing with new job paperwork to get it renewed.
Immigration attorney Len Saunders told City News Vancouver that he specifically warned Mooney against this approach, saying, “I don’t think that’s a good idea with this new administration and the political climate. I would probably advise you to do this on the northern border. I just have a bad feeling from when the new administration took over.”
During her detention, Mooney described the reality of what happens when you violate immigration laws to ABC 10News San Diego, saying, “I was put in a cell and I had to sleep on a mat, with no blankets, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.”
She added, “We were up for 24 hours wrapped in chains. There are girls, women that have been in here for weeks, for months, and have not been told anything.”
The actress spent three nights at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego before being transferred to the San Luis Detention Center in Arizona.
After her eventual deportation to Canada, Mooney told reporters at Vancouver International Airport on March 15 that she was “still really processing everything” and admitted she deeply regretted trying to apply for a visa at the Mexican border.
“If I knew that that was even a possibility, like even a possibility that that could happen, I would have never, in a million years gone there,” Mooney said.
The difference between Trump’s successful “zero tolerance” approach and previous administrations’ open border policies couldn’t be more stark.
Under President Trump, ICE enforces the law equally without playing favorites based on nationality, status, or past Hollywood roles.
Democrats and their media allies love to claim immigration enforcement “targets” certain groups.
This case proves them wrong once again.
A Canadian actress with Hollywood connections receiving the same treatment as anyone else who tries to circumvent our immigration laws demonstrates real equality in enforcement.
Mooney now plans to write about her experience, saying in an Instagram post, “I refuse to let what happened break me; instead, I’m choosing to use my voice in the hope that it can help others.”
But the lesson is clear: President Trump’s border security policies mean no one – not even former Hollywood actresses – gets special treatment when they violate immigration laws.