Selena Gomez's family history revealed following tearful video about Trump's immigration policy
Selena Gomez's family history revealed following tearful video about Trump's immigration policy
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Selena Gomez has been criticized for posting a tearful video about President Donald Trump's deportation policy, but as a third-generation American-Mexican, it's an issue that is very close to her heart. In the since deleted Instagram clip, the 32-year-old singer sobbed as she reacted to the President's threat of mass deportations of all undocumented immigrants, which has ignited fears of family separations.
![[Selena's grandparents Mary and Ricardo Gomez arrived in the US illegally from Mexico in the 1970s]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/22/94574241-14331043-Selena_s_grandparents_Mary_and_Ricardo_Gomez_arrived_in_the_US_i-a-68_1738015226679.jpg)
Selena has been very vocal in the past about her family's journey to the US and the fact that her aunt crossed the border from Mexico hidden in the back of a truck in the 70s. Her grandparents, Mary and Ricardo Gomez, soon followed from Monterrey and Selena's father Ricardo Joel Gomez was born in Texas soon after they arrived in the States.
![[Selena pictured as a child with her father, Ricardo Joel Gomez, who was born in Texas]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/22/94572451-14331043-Selena_pictured_as_a_child_with_her_father_Ricardo_Joel_Gomez_wh-a-69_1738015226693.jpg)
Writing a first person article for TIME magazine back in October 2019 when Trump was originally President of the United States, Selena shared her thoughts on immigration. 'Over the past four decades, members of my family have worked hard to gain United States citizenship,' she said.
![[In a 2019 article for TIME magazine, Selena wrote that members of her family had 'worked hard to gain United States citizenship']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/22/94572455-14331043-In_a_2019_article_for_TIME_magazine_Selena_wrote_that_members_of-a-70_1738015226761.jpg)
'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. 'But when I read the news headlines or see debates about immigration rage on social media, I feel afraid for those in similar situations. I feel afraid for my country,' she continued.
![[Selena's grandparents pictured celebrating 50 years of marriage back in September 2022]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/22/94572453-14331043-Selena_s_grandparents_pictured_celebrating_50_years_of_marriage_-a-71_1738015226803.jpg)
