Alexis Nungaray, Jocelyn Nungaray’s mother, said: “Seeing that video, it’s hard to believe that it’s actually genuine and real because she’s an actress. My daughter was a child. There’s many other children whose lives were taken due to people who crossed here illegally.”
And Tammy Nobles, who lost her daughter Kayla Hamilton, questioned: “You don’t know who you’re crying for. What about our children, who were brutally murdered and raped and beat to death and left on the floor by these illegal immigrants? They didn’t cry for our daughters.”
Patty Morin, Rachel Morin’s mother, said: “I just feel like it’s a ruse to deceive people and to garner sympathy for lawlessness. No one has stood up except for us mothers to cry out about our children.”
In her now-deleted post, Gomez wept heavily and promised to “try everything” to help those facing deportation.
In a since-deleted post on Instagram, she cried: “I just want to say that I’m so sorry. 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.”
She captioned the video with a Mexican flag emoji, and added: “I’m sorry.”
The 32-year-old star was met with fierce backlash from Trump supporters accusing her of being performative.
After deleting the initial clip, she wrote on her Instagram Story: “Apparently it’s not okay to show empathy for people.”
She has since deleted that post too.
Last week, Trump signed a number of executive orders which expanded ICE’s powers to arrest and detain unlawful migrants to the US.
