((Photo by Presley Ann\/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cAll my people are getting attacked, the children,\u201d Gomez said in the video. \u201cI don\u2019t understand. I\u2019m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can\u2019t. I don\u2019t know what to do. I\u2019ll try everything, I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Only Murders in the Building star is of Mexican descent and broke down in tears while sharing these words.<\/p>\n
Because so many people out there are insensitive morons or very racist or some combination of both, she was criticized almost immediately after uploading this emotional footage.<\/p>\n
In a follow-up post, Gomez wrote over a black background, \u201cApparently it\u2019s not ok to show empathy for people.\u201d<\/p>\nSelena Gomez accepts the Vanguard Award for \u201cEmilia P\u00c3\u00a9rez\u201d onstage during the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on January 3, 2025 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAppearing on Fox News, border czar Tom Homan delivered a blunt response when asked about Gomez\u2019s video.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve arrested any families. We\u2019ve arrested public safety threats and national security threats, bottom-line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump won the election on this one issue \u2014 securing our border and saving lives. What happened on our southern border in the last four years is the biggest national security threat our county has seen, at least in my lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n
One could object to portions of that statement, but at least Homan didn\u2019t go as far as Sam Parker, a 2018 Republican Senate candidate from Utah, who wrote on Twitter, Deport Selena Gomez<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\nSelena Gomez attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGomez saw this note and has reacted to it with a shoulder shrug and a guffaw at that idiot\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker. Thanks for the laugh and the threat,\u201d wrote Selena on social media.<\/p>\n
The star\u2019s original post came one day after 956 people were arrested in a nationwide immigration crackdown \u2026 the most since Trump took office on January 20, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n
There were 956 reported arrests on Sunday, 286 arrests on Saturday and 593 arrests last Friday.<\/p>\nSelena Gomez attends the \u201cEmilia Perez\u201d Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn a candid op-ed for Time Magazine in October 2019, Gomez shared that her aunt \u201cwas the first out of her family to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. in the back of a truck in the 1970s.\u201d <\/p>\n
According to the artist, her \u201cgrandparents followed\u201d and her \u201cfather was born in Texas soon after.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUndocumented immigration is an issue I think about every day, and I never forget how blessed I am to have been born in this country thanks to my family and the grace of circumstance,\u201d she wrote at the time, adding:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I read the news headlines or see debates about immigration rage on social media, I feel afraid for those in similar situations. I feel afraid for my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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