Selena Gomez tearfully hits out at Trump deportation raids
Written by worldOneFm on January 28, 2025
Selena Gomez has tearfully turned on President Trump over ongoing deportation raids.
Since returning to power last week, President Trump has taken a hardline stance on immigration and has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to begin deporting unlawful migrants en masse.
Footage emerged over the weekend of individuals being confronted by authorities and then cuffed and taken away – while the President also performed an astonishing power move against Colombia as authorities there attempted to stop America from returning their citizens.
The scenes have sparked alarm in the US – with singer and actress Gomez, 32, taking to social media on Monday to highlight that hundreds have already been rounded up.
In an Instagram Stories video, the star emotionally declared, “I just wanted to say that I am so sorry. My people are getting attacked… The children… They don’t understand.”
Struggling through tears, the American-Mexican star continued, “I’m so sorry. I wish I could do something, but I can’t. I don’t know what to do.”
As she continued to wipe tears from her face, and with her hand shaking, Gomez added, “I’ll try everything, I promise.”
She seemingly suffered a backlash, however, as her video was soon deleted and she posted a message stating, “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.”
President Trump has raised eyebrows by giving ICE officers the power to target schools and churches in order to make arrests and deportations.
The 47th President vowed to crack down on undocumented immigrants and organise mass deportations after returning to power this month.
He placed emergency sanctions on Colombia when authorities there denied flights with deported Colombian citizens from landing on Sunday.
However, the South American nation quickly folded and dispatched the Colombian presidential plane to aid in repatriating citizens.
