Selena Gomez breaks down in tears in emotional video while speaking about Trump's deportation policy
Selena Gomez breaks down in tears in emotional video while speaking about Trump's deportation policy
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Selena Gomez broke down in tears while speaking about the deportation of Mexican people in a very emotional video on her Instagram Story. In her recording, the actress, 32, sobbed as she reacted to President Donald Trump's threat of mass deportations of all undocumented immigrants, which has ignited fears of family separations.
![[In her recording, the 32-year-old actress sobbed as she reacted to President Trump's plan to deport millions of immigrants, which has ignited fears of family separations]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/16/94565939-14330483-image-m-30_1737996603918.jpg)
'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 in the since-deleted recording on Monday. The Only Murders in the Building star previously produced a 2019 Netflix documentary, titled Living Undocumented, chronicling the lives of undocumented families in the United States.
![['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 in the since-deleted recording on Monday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/16/94565937-14330483-image-m-31_1737996610806.jpg)
At the time, the former Disney Channel star, who was born in Texas, opened up about her family's own immigration story, which began in the 1970s when her aunt crossed the border from Mexico to America hidden in the back of a truck. Selena Gomez broke down in tears while speaking about the deportation of Mexican people in a very emotional video on her Instagram Story.
![[The Only Murders in the Building star previously produced a 2019 Netflix documentary, titled Living Undocumented, chronicling the lives of undocumented families in the United States; seen earlier this year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/17/94567141-14330483-image-a-37_1737997728725.jpg)
Her paternal grandparents, Ricardo and Mary followed their daughter and, once in the US, they welcomed Selena's father, who is also called Ricardo. Her mother, Mandy Teefey, is also a U.S. citizen. In a personal essay for Time magazine, she shared: 'Undocumented immigration is an issue I think about every day, and I never forget how blessed I am to have been born in this country thanks to my family and the grace of circumstance.'.
![[At the time, the former Disney Channel star, who was born in Texas , opened up about her family's own immigration story, which began in the 1970s when her aunt crossed the border from Mexico to America hidden in the back of a truck (pictured in 2019)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/17/94567151-14330483-image-a-38_1737997732102.jpg)
