{"id":2395839,"date":"2025-01-27T20:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tom-homan-issues-unflinching-response-as-actress-selena-gomez-sobs-about-deportations\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T20:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:33:26","slug":"watch-tom-homan-issues-unflinching-response-as-actress-selena-gomez-sobs-about-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tom-homan-issues-unflinching-response-as-actress-selena-gomez-sobs-about-deportations\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Tom Homan Issues Unflinching Response as Actress Selena Gomez Sobs About Deportations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-tom-homan-issues-unflinching-response-as-actress-selena-gomez-sobs-about-deportations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200darticle discusses a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roseanne-barr-spars-with-bill-mitchell-over-2024-republican-nomination\/\" title=\"Roseanne Barr and Bill Mitchell clash on 2024 GOP nomination.\">social media \u2063post<\/a> by Selena Gomez,\u2062 where \u2063she expressed her tears and emotions over the mass deportations carried out by the Trump management. In her now-deleted\u200b Instagram story, Gomez\u200c conveyed her feelings of despair, stating, \u201cAll my people are getting attacked,\u201d as she empathized with deportees.This sparked criticism from conservative commentators,who\u2063 questioned her choice of words and whether her emotional plea acknowledged the broader implications of illegal\u2063 immigration on American society.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Homan,\u200b the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), responded to Gomez\u2019s emotional outburst \u200bby emphasizing the necessity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-budget-bill-would-slash-border-protection-budget-by-half-billion-dollars\/\" title=\"Dem Budget Bill Would Slash Border Protection Budget by Half Billion Dollars\">enforcing immigration laws<\/a> \u200dand highlighted\u200b the concerning statistics regarding crime and the border under the Biden administration. \u2064He asserted that if people disagree\u200d with\u200d these policies, they should seek \u2063to change the laws through Congress\u2064 rather \u2064than using emotional arguments to \u200bsway public opinion. Homan \u2062defended the actions of\u200d law enforcement, framing them as essential for \u200dnational security and the wellbeing \u200dof the country.<\/p>\n<p>the discussion illustrates the\u200b deep\u200b divides in perspectives on immigration \u2064and deportation \u2064policies, \u200dreflecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ongoing national debate surrounding<\/a> these issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Selena Gomez took to social media on Monday and wept about mass deportations, but border czar Tom Homan did not give an inch to the emotional manipulation tactic.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-deleted Instagram story, Gomez recorded herself weeping about the Trump administration&rsquo;s deportations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Office\">criminal illegal aliens<\/a>, even identifying herself with the deportees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All my people are getting attacked,&rdquo; she blustered through tears. &ldquo;The children. I don&rsquo;t understand. I&rsquo;m so sorry. I wish that I could have done something, but I can&rsquo;t. I don&rsquo;t know what to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Selena Gomez sobs uncontrollably amid ramped up deportations of illegal aliens:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so sorry. All my people are getting attacked. The children, I don&rsquo;t understand. I wish I could do something.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My people?&rdquo; Aren&rsquo;t you American?<\/p>\n<p>Where was the sobbing over the 100,000 Americans&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wvtoeRVQUw\">pic.twitter.com\/wvtoeRVQUw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1883930439431393612?\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Conservatives raised a number of points in response after she posted the video.<\/p>\n<p>First, calling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-racks-biggest-day-arrests-since-trump-took-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegals<\/a> &ldquo;my people&rdquo; and including a Mexican flag emoji in the post are strange choices.<\/p>\n<p>Since Gomez is an American citizen, she is elevating the fact that she s ethnic identity with people from different lands over the fact that she should be fine with defending her home country from the countless harms brought by an open border.<\/p>\n<p>Second, the sorts of illegal aliens getting deported at this stage are not exactly sweet families of five merely trying to seek a better life and attain the American Dream.<\/p>\n<p>ICE has been dutifully providing information about the illegals they are deporting. While some are collateral deportations found during raids of known criminals, most seem to be DUI <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICEgov\/status\/1883220876914487756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicts<\/a>, sex <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HSI_HQ\/status\/1882981665611641081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traffickers<\/a>, and much worse.<\/p>\n<p>Third, where was the Gomez video about Laken Riley when she was raped and murdered?<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, has she ever publicly spoken about, let alone publicly wept about, the consequences of criminal illegals in the United States, most importantly through the crimes they commit?<\/p>\n<p>In any case, when Homan was asked about her remarks, he showed no hesitation with shooting down the tear-soaked missive against basic national security and law enforcement activities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump won the election on this one issue: securing our border and saving life,&rdquo; Homan reacted in an interview with Fox News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HOMAN REACTS: &ldquo;If they don&rsquo;t like it, then go to Congress and change the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s all for the good of this nation &mdash; &amp; we&rsquo;re gonna keep going &mdash; no apologies. We&rsquo;re moving forward.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dPY6v4Ns1U\">https:\/\/t.co\/dPY6v4Ns1U<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YilY2Fza8W\">pic.twitter.com\/YilY2Fza8W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1883962154287784090?\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He rattled off the disturbing statistics coming from the southern border under Biden, such as two million known gotaways, a 600 percent increase in sex trafficking, record numbers of terrorists entering the country, and 250,000 Americans dying from fentanyl overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to do this job, and we&rsquo;re going to enforce the laws of this country,&rdquo; Homan continued. &ldquo;If they don&rsquo;t like it, then go to Congress and change the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dr-phil-tom-homan-personally-rounding-illegals-bring-child-sex-predator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homan<\/a> added that &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all for the good of this nation, and we&rsquo;re gonna keep going, no apologies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re moving forward,&rdquo; he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>The stunt that Gomez played was to be expected. We knew this was coming. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-goes-viral-epic-takedown-cbs-interviewer-dont-really-care-margaret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crocodile tears<\/a> are often the vehicle through which harmful leftist policies advance and the border is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>But the response from Homan was perfect.<\/p>\n<p>He is simply ignoring the tears from misguided leftists and doing what is right for the country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a now-removed Instagram story, she tearfully lamented the Trump administration&#8217;s deportations of criminal undocumented immigrants, even claiming solidarity with them. &#8220;All my people are getting attacked,&#8221; she cried. &#8220;The children&#8230; I wish I could do something.&#8221; Critics pointed out that as an American citizen, her reference to &#8220;my people&#8221; and use of a Mexican flag emoji were questionable choices. They argued that the individuals being deported are not just families seeking better lives but often include serious offenders like DUI convicts and sex traffickers. Homan responded firmly to Gomez&#8217;s comments, emphasizing the importance of national security and law enforcement while highlighting alarming statistics related to border issues under Biden&#8217;s administration. He stated that if anyone disagrees with current laws, they should take it up with Congress and reiterated his commitment to enforcing immigration laws without apologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2395840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Michael-Featured-Image-92.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8675,3813,49304,44792],"class_list":["post-2395839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deportations","tag-immigration","tag-selena-gomez","tag-tom-homan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Michael-Featured-Image-92.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395843,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395839\/revisions\/2395843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}