Tom Homan, Donald Trump's borderline czar, responded to Selena Gomez's affectional video, lamenting wide deportations. (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump’s “border tsar”, Tom Homan, has fiercely defended the administration’s migration crackdown pursuing an affectional video from singer-actor Selena Gomez, who criticised the argumentation arsenic an onslaught connected her community. Gomez, who has Mexican heritage, posted a tearful video stating, “All my radical are being attacked, and children,” portion apologising to her fans with a Mexican emblem emoji. She deleted the video later.
Homan, speaking to Fox News, straight addressed Gomez and different critics of the policy, saying, “If they don’t similar it, past spell to Parliament and alteration the law. We’re going to bash this cognition without apology.” He stressed that the administration’s absorption is connected arresting “public information threats and nationalist information threats,” adding, “We’re going to marque our assemblage safer… No apologies.”
The nationwide migration crackdown, ordered by President Trump, resulted successful 956 arrests connected Sunday, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The reinstatement of the “Remain successful Mexico” argumentation from Trump’s archetypal word has further intensified tensions, with Mexico preparing for a ample influx of deportees.
Selena Gomez shares caller Instagram communicative crying amid the deportation of Mexicans:
“I’m truthful sorry. All my radical are getting attacked. The children, I don’t understand. I privation I could bash something.” pic.twitter.com/9H7ojMhpCN
— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 27, 2025
Selena Gomez, 1 of the most-followed figures connected Instagram with implicit 400 cardinal followers, faced a mixed effect of enactment and criticism. After deleting her archetypal video, she returned to societal media, writing, “Apparently it’s not OK to amusement empathy for people,” earlier besides removing that message.
Homan, a erstwhile constabulary serviceman and seasoned migration official, further defended the argumentation successful a 2nd Fox interview, criticising Selena Gomez for not addressing different humanitarian crises. “We’ve got fractional a cardinal children who were sex-trafficked into this country… Where are the tears for them?” helium asked.
Supporters of Gomez rallied down her, with rapper Flavor Flav praising her courage, portion critics, including blimpish TV big Megyn Kelly, took a harsher stance. Kelly suggested Gomez was unprepared for the backlash, saying connected her show, “She deleted it aft learning the bulk of the state supports these policies.”
Selena Gomez, a Texas native, has agelong been outspoken connected migration issues, antecedently producing the Netflix documentary bid Living Undocumented, which explored the challenges faced by migrant families successful the US. She presently stars successful the deed bid Only Murders successful the Building and precocious earned a Bafta information for her relation successful Emilia Perez, a starring contender astatine this year’s Oscars.