A video of American actress Selena Gomez responding to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement raids that led to more than 1,000 arrests nationwide was released on Monday but swiftly removed.
On Monday morning, the Mexican-American actress who plays Emilia Pérez shared the footage on her Instagram story. Through tears, she stated, “All my people are getting attacked.”
The children. I’m not sure I understand. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I wish I could do something, but I’m unable to do anything. I’m not sure what to do. I swear I’ll give it my all.”
Gomez captioned the video with “I’m sorry” and a Mexican flag emoji in the lower right corner.
After the initial video was released, Gomez published another clip to her Instagram story, writing, “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.” Also, that post has been removed.
Following the removal of the video, Gomez has not responded to her remarks on social media.
In a Fox News interview later Monday, border czar Tom Homan reacted to Gomez’s video by asking why she wasn’t sobbing for the people who had lost their lives to fentanyl shipped into the US from the south.
Trump pledged throughout his first term and his second term to stop the importation of illegal drugs into the United States.
Speaking to host Sean Hannity, Homan stated, “I’ve met with hundreds of… moms and dads who were separated from their children because they buried them because they were killed by illegal aliens.”
Homan also asked why Gomez wasn’t sobbing for children who had been brought into the country illegally and then killed or exploited for sex, seemingly about a bogus accusation that Trump has made in the past and that wildly misrepresents federal data.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports that 956 people were detained during the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration enforcement campaign on Sunday.
Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced immigration operations in California, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands in addition to Chicago.
Targeting what they claimed were risks to national security and public safety, ICE and representatives from various Justice Department agencies were among the many agencies involved in the arrests.
As the operation proceeded, ICE reported making over 1,100 arrests as of Monday.
