Selena Gomez has been forced to take down the video of herself crying in response to Donald Trump’s latest executive order.
The video, shared on Instagram earlier today (27 January), showed Gomez in tears as she reacted to Trump’s plan to deport millions of immigrants.
In the clip, the Mexican-American actress and singer expressed her distress, saying, “All my people are getting attacked, the children.”
She continued: “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.”
After deleting the video, Gomez followed up with a message on her Instagram story. Against a black background with white text, she wrote: “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.”
Meanwhile, the Mexican government is preparing for the influx of thousands of deportees expected to return from the US in the coming weeks. Trump has described this as “the largest deportation in American history.”
One of the executive orders signed by Trump suspends the entry of undocumented migrants into the US under any circumstances. The order also stipulates that undocumented individuals who reach US soil cannot invoke provisions like asylum and imposes stricter requirements on those unable to provide medical and criminal histories deemed satisfactory.
Another order reinstates the controversial “Remain in Mexico” program, which mandates that non-Mexican asylum seekers wait in Mexican territory until their US hearing dates.
