Selena Gomez in January 2025. Photo: Selena Gomez/Instagram

Selena Gomez is devastated amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

On Monday, Jan. 27, the Emilia Pérez star, 32, shared a video to her Instagram Story while in tears, alongside the caption, “I’m sorry” with a Mexican flag emoji.

Selena Gomez in January 2025.Selena Gomez/Instagram

“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,” Gomez said in the video while sobbing.

Selena Gomez in January 2025.Selena Gomez/Instagram

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In another Instagram Story, Gomez wrote: “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.”

Selena Gomez on Instagram in January 2025.Selena Gomez/Instagram

The “Good for You” musician’s post comes just one day after 956 people were arrested in a nationwide immigration crackdown — the most since Trump took office once again, per Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), via the BBC.

According to the outlet, the 956 reported arrests come after 286 arrests on Saturday, Jan. 25, 593 arrests on Friday, Jan. 24 and 538 arrests on Thursday, Jan. 23.

Per the Migration Policy Institute via the BBC, former President Joe Biden executed 1.5 million deportations during his first four years — numbers which “mirror the deportation numbers in Trump’s first term.”

Gomez has previously been outspoken in her advocacy for immigration.

In 2019, she produced the Netflix docuseries Living Undocumented, which centered on the lives of undocumented families in the United States.

She also opened up about her family’s own experience with undocumented immigration in an emotional op-ed for TIME in October 2019.

“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,” she said in the piece, explaining that her aunt was the first out of her family to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. in the back of a truck in the 1970s.

Gomez added that her “grandparents followed, and my father was born in Texas soon after.” She credited her family’s “bravery and sacrifice” for her being born a U.S. citizen.

However, the Only Murders in the Building actress was aware her story wasn’t the norm and found herself in tears watching footage about the eight subjects in Living Undocumented.

“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,” Gomez wrote.