Selena Gomez replied to a politician who said he should be “deported” after that She now posted an deleted video Self -crying during the recent immigration crackdown.
Gomez, whose grandparents migrated from Mexico, initially published a video on his Instagram stories on Monday, crying among extensive exiles during the weekend of President Donald Trump. Gomez spoke with tears in the video “My people are being attacked.”
“I’m so sorry, I wish I could do anything, but I can’t.” “I don’t know what I do. I will try everything, I promise.”
Instagram stories are meant to stay visible for 24 hours, but it turned out that the video was deleted after a wave of response. Gomez posted, then deleted, a statement stating that “it is not right for people to show sympathy.”
Sam Parker, who Ran for the US Senate In Utah in 2018, Attacked Gomez on XAccusing the Americans of accusing the Americans of choosing non -documentary immigrants because they are a “offspring” of Mexican immigrants who illegally cross the border.
“Like her illegal G -Parents, it has a right attitude with the United States. Could Selena be deported too?” He wrote. They later Referred to your own post Just “deport Selena Gomez.”
Gomez responded in a story of Instagram on Monday night, which he later deleted.
“Oh, Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker,” Gomez wrote. “Thank you for laughter and danger.”
At the end of the week, Trump ordered several federal agencies to participate in immigration raids across the country. Only 1,200 people were arrested on Sunday by US immigration and customs, but only 52 % of non -documentary immigrants were taken into custody, which was considered “criminal”.
It is considered to be a civil crime illegally entering the United States or increasing a visa, but this is not a crime. However, it is a crime that it is a crime to re -enter the United States without any permission.
There were mixed reactions online to Gomez’s crying video, some criticized his stance on immigration issues, and some called him saying that when he is a celebrity with numerous resources, he cannot do anything. –
But others defended Gomez One of a few celebrities speaking in real -time During immigration raids. Television personality Geraldo Rowera, who once supported Trump, posted on X in defense of Gomez and noted, “We can’t arrest the way to get out of our immigration crisis.”
“Selena Gomez should be appreciated for his compassion and sincerity,” Rouera wrote. “Those who attacked him on social media should be ashamed.”
Gomez was a producer in the 2019 Netflix Documentary Series “Non -documentary surviving“In which eight families living in the United States without legal immigration status. Write an editorial in Time Magazine Explain its support for this project.
In the editorial, Gomez said his aunt crosses the border with Mexico “hidden in the back of the truck” and then her grandfather’s grandmother followed her then her grandfather’s grandmother followed her. Û” His father was born in Texas, as well as a US citizen because of his birth citizenship.
He wrote, “During the past four decades, my family has worked hard to get the citizenship of the United States.” “Non -documentary immigration is a problem I think about every day, and I never forget how blessed I am born in this country thanks to the grace of my family and the situation.”
He said that the series reminded him of the fear and uncertainty of his family members, but also his hope. Gomez writes that she was well aware of her work on “living non -documentary”.
“But the fact is, the fact that I can imagine the worst criticism is still nothing more than that, compared to which non -documentary immigrants face every day.” “Fear should not refrain from joining it and making ourselves aware of the problem that affects millions of people in our country.”
