Trump's 'Border Czar' Tells Selena Gomez He'll Continue Deportations 'Without Apology' After Her Tearful Video

Mar. 15, 2025

Tom Homan; Selena Gomez.Photo:Chip Somodevilla/Getty; KC Armstrong/getty

Chip Somodevilla/Getty; KC Armstrong/getty

Tom Homan is not apologizing toSelena Gomezfor massive deportations under PresidentDonald Trump’s administration.

On Monday, Jan. 27, the 63-year-old law enforcement officer and political commentator spoke exclusively toFox Newsin response to atearful videothe singer and actress, 32, shared earlier in the day.

“We’re gonna do this job, and we’re gonna enforce the laws of this country. If they don’t like it, then go to Congress and change the law. We’re going to do this operation without apology,” Homan, the former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who wastapped to serve as the “border czar” in Trump’s administration, told the network during a televised interview.

Tom Homan; Selena Gomez.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty

He continued, insisting that Trump’s recent immigration crackdown would soon “make our community safer.”

“Once we lock that border down [and] continue this operation, you’re gonna see fentanyl deaths decrease, illegal alien crime decrease, sex trafficking decrease. It’s all for the good of this nation. And we’re going to keep going. No apologies. We’re moving forward,” Homan said.

At the start of the conversation, he addressed theEmilia Pérezstar’s claims head-on: “I don’t think we’ve arrested any families. We’ve arrested public safety threats and national security threats, bottom line.”

Ahead of Homan’s Fox News appearance Monday, ​​theOnly Murders in the Buildingactress uploaded an emotional video to her Instagram Stories.

“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 said while crying.

Selena Gomez, Second Annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit Supporting Youth Mental Health, October 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

Gomez, who has been vocal about being proud ofher Mexican heritage, wrote, “I’m sorry" with a Mexican flag emoji over the video.

Soon after, a 2018 Republican Senate candidate from Utah named Sam Parkercriticized her video, using his personal account totweet: “Deport Selena Gomez.”

The Rare Beauty founderfired backwith a message of her own.

“Oh, Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker. Thanks for the laugh and the threat,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories over a black background.

Selena Gomez shares post on her Instagram Story.Selena Gomez/Instagram

Selena Gomez/Instagram

The 956 reported arrests included 286 arrests on Saturday, Jan. 25, 593 arrests on Friday, Jan. 24, and 538 arrests on Thursday, Jan. 23, according to the outlet.

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Gomez previously toldTimein a heartfelt October 2019 op-ed that her aunt “was the first person in her family to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. in the back of a truck in the 1970s."

At the time, the “Good for You” singer also said her “grandparents followed” and her “father was born in Texas soon after.”

source: people.com