Selena Gomez on Monday posted — and quickly deleted — a video of herself reacting to the immigration enforcement sweeps launched by the Trump administration Sunday that resulted in over 1,000 arrests across the country.
The “Emilia Pérez” star, who is Mexican-American, posted the video to her Instagram story Monday morning. In it, she said through sobs that “all my people are getting attacked.”
“The children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry,” she said. “I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise.”
Gomez wrote “I’m sorry” next to an emoji of the Mexican flag in text in the bottom corner of her video.
In another post shared to her Instagram story after the first video was posted, Gomez wrote, “apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.” That post has also been deleted.
CNN has reached out to a representative for Gomez for comment.
Gomez has not addressed her statements on her social media pages since she deleted the video.
Later Monday, border czar Tom Homan responded to Gomez’s video during an interview on Fox News, questioning why she wasn’t crying for those who have died from fentanyl brought into the US across the southern border. Throughout Trump’s first term and campaign for his second, he vowed to stem the flow of illegal drugs into the US.
“I‘ve met with hundreds of … moms and dads who were separated from their children because they buried them, because they were killed by illegal aliens,” Homan said, speaking to host Sean Hannity.
Homan also questioned why Gomez wasn’t crying for children who had been illegally smuggled into the US only to be killed or sex trafficked – appearing to reference a false claim that Trump has previously pushed, and that grossly distorts federal statistics.
The Trump administration Sunday launched an immigration enforcement blitz nationwide in which 956 people were arrested, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In addition to Chicago, immigration actions were reported in California, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, according to Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Multiple agencies were involved in the apprehensions, including ICE and officials from several Justice Department agencies as they targeted what they said are public safety and national security threats.
ICE reported making more than 1,100 arrests as of Monday as the operation continued.
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores contributed to this report.
Source: CNN