Actress Zoey Deutch, fresh off the red carpet at Sundance, dropped a bombshell of Hollywood sanctimony: she’s terrified of ICE’s supposed brutality and feels so ashamed to be American. Speaking at the festival over the weekend, the starlet painted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as some rogue death squad, conveniently ignoring their actual mandate—securing borders, dismantling human trafficking rings, and enforcing laws that keep communities safe from fentanyl floods and cartel incursions. It’s peak coastal elite theater: a privileged performer, whose career thrives on the very freedoms she’s quick to trash, virtue-signaling from a taxpayer-subsidized event in Utah while real Americans grapple with open-border chaos.
This isn’t just celebrity drivel; it’s a microcosm of the cultural war on law enforcement that bleeds into the 2A fight. Deutch’s fear-mongering echoes the same anti-cop rhetoric that demonizes Border Patrol agents—who, let’s be real, carry standard-issue sidearms like Glocks or Sig Sauers to protect against armed smugglers—as brutal oppressors. For the 2A community, it’s a stark reminder: the same voices screeching about ICE today will tomorrow pivot to assault weapon bans on the rifles and handguns that empower citizens to defend against the violence spilling over unsecured borders. Remember, ICE agents aren’t storming synagogues or schools; they’re interdicting MS-13 thugs armed with smuggled AKs. When Hollywood elites like Deutch erode trust in federal enforcers, they pave the way for defunding not just ICE, but the constitutional backbone of self-defense rights.
The implications? Gun owners must counter this narrative head-on. As border encounters hit record highs—over 2.4 million in FY2023 alone, per CBP data—with criminals exploiting lax enforcement, 2A advocates should highlight how armed citizens fill the void left by politicized agencies. Deutch’s shame? We feel none. Instead, we’re proud of a nation arming its guardians, from ICE to everyday carriers, against the true brutality of unchecked invasion. Hollywood can cry at Sundance; we’ll keep our powder dry.
