American actress and singer Selena Gomez has finally responded to the Republican politician who called for her to be deported. Sam Parker said this on his X page responding to Gomez' emotional video featuring her crying about the increased deportations.
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Selena Gomez Slams Politician For Threatening Her Deportation
In a recent Instagram Story, Gomez wrote over a black background "Oh Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker. Thanks for the laugh and the threat."
Earlier this week, the newly-elected President Donald Trump doubled down on deportations of illegal immigrants from the southern border. Since then, many have spoken up online in distaste of the move, one of them being the 32-year-old Emilia Pérez star.
Gomez received both praise and flack for sharing a video of herself sobbing, calling it an attack on people. "All my people are getting attacked, the children," The actress said tearfully. "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 made a follow-up post after deleting her emotional video. "Apparently it's not ok to show empathy for people," Gomez wrote.
Unsurprisingly, Gomez is affected by the deportation of these immigrants as her mother is of Mexican descent. She had previously revealed that her aunt entered the U.S. illegally, and she even produced the Netflix documentary Living Undocumented.
In retaliation, the 2018 Republican Senate candidate Sam Parker wrote "Deport Selena Gomez" on X. The post has garnered much attention, which led to Gomez's response.
Since her Instagram post, Parker took notice of it and commented on X "Selena Gomez has responded to me" with a laughing emoji.
Parker hasn't been the only one to condemn Gomez for sympathizing with the migrants. Border czar Tom Homan reacted to her video saying he had "no apologies" for the deportations. "It is all for the good of this nation," he explained. "And we're gonna keep going. No apologies. We're moving forward."
The border czar also said he didn't think they had arrested any families. "We've arrested public safety threats and national security threats, bottom line. President Trump won the election on this one issue—securing our border and saving lives. What happened on our southern border in the last four years is the biggest national security threat our county has seen, at least in my lifetime"
