Selena Gomez Posted—Then Deleted—a Teary Reaction to Immigration Arrests

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latest actions regarding immigration., the newly reinaugurated president has instructed immigration control to “crack down” on undocumented migrants, leading to nearly a thousand arrests on Sunday alone, , a stark increase from the typical totals of the Biden years.

Those affected are not only from Mexico——but , who is Mexican American on her father’s side, seemed to have been especially moved by the difficulties faced by (the Mexican border is, as you probably know, an especially contentious point in the immigration conversation, and a ).On Monday, January 27, Gomez posted the Mexican flag emoji and the simple sentiment “I’m sorry” over a video in which she tearfully spoke out about the wave of arrests and deportations. ”I just wanna say that I’m so sorry.

All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. 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,” she said on Instagram Stories.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.A short while later she apparently deleted that story and replaced it with a black screen and the testy response, “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This is not the first time Selena Gomez has spoken out about the issues faced by undocumented residents.