Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said the administration owes no apology to celebrities like Selena Gomez who are not in favor of mass deportation. As Homan appeared on Fox News, he was asked about the celebrity reaction and also the allegation that not only illegal migrants but “everyday people” are being attacked, Homan said if they don’t like it, then they should go to Congress and change the law.
“We’re going to do this operation without apology. We’re gonna make our community safer. It is all for the good of this nation. And we’re gonna keep going. No apologies. We’re moving forward,” Tom Homan said.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said at least 956 people were arrested on a nationwide immigration crackdown Sunday — the highest since Donald Trump returned to power. ICE raids are going on in a number of cities including Chicago, Newark and Miami. Schools are also being raided spreading fear among students. On Sunday, in an interview with ABC News, Homan said he expected arrest and deportation numbers to “steadily increase,” and said the focus right now was “public safety threats, national security threats”.
In the wake of the mass deportation, Selena Gomez took to her Instagram story and broke down as she said, “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.” Gomez’s family is from Mexico. “I’m sorry,” she wrote with an emoji of the Mexican flag on her video which is now deleted.
“Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people,” Gomez wrote in a follow-up post but both posts were deleted.
Television personality Dr Phil (Phil McGraw) tagged along with the ICE on their deportation drive as Homan also joined the drive Sunday. “It’s a pretty high-risk mission that we’re going on,” Dr. Phil said in one video, claiming that the operation was aimed at capturing over 200 “high-value targets,” or people with criminal histories.
