Selena Gomez broke down in tears while reacting to the recent escalation in migrant deportations following President Donald Trump’s return to office.
The “Only Murders in the Building” actor shared an emotional video about the new administration’s aggressive push to oust undocumented immigrants to her Instagram Story on Monday morning, telling followers, “I just want to say, I’m so sorry.”
“All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand,” the sobbing star continued. “I’m so sorry. I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise.”
At the bottom of the video, she apologized once again while adding an emoji of the Mexican flag.
After an apparent backlash, the star deleted her post and followed up with another Instagram Story that said, “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.”
That post was also swiftly taken down, however.
The Mexican-American actor, who was born and raised in Texas, has been a staunch supporter of immigrants’ rights through the years.
In 2019, Gomez executive produced the documentary “Living Undocumented,” which followed the lives and struggles of eight undocumented families residing in the United States.
Around the time of the documentary’s release, the star wrote an op-ed for Time magazine in which she recounted her own family’s experience of coming into the country.
“My aunt crossed the border from Mexico to the United States hidden in the back of a truck,” she wrote. “My grandparents followed, and my father was born in Texas soon after.”
In her piece for Time, Gomez said she decided to sign on to “Living Undocumented” after seeing footage that reminded her of “the shame, uncertainty and fear” she saw her “own family struggle with.”
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During his inauguration speech last week, Trump vowed to deport “millions and millions of criminal aliens” living in the U.S.
Immediately after taking his oath of office, he began the crackdown by ordering military troops to the border; authorizing authorities to arrest immigrants in schools, churches and hospitals; and reportedly issuing arrest quotas for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
In the week since, a rash of raids have reportedly taken place across major metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.
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