The White House has responded to Selena Gomez's crying video with the help of mothers of children who were allegedly killed by undocumented migrants.
On Friday (Jan. 31), the White House posted a reel to Instagram of the aforementioned women watching and reacting to Gomez's since-deleted video, which addressed the flurry of ICE deportations.
"Kayla Hamilton, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Rachel Morin were murdered by illegal aliens," the caption reads. "Their courageous mothers had something to say to @SelenaGomez and those who oppose securing our borders. WATCH!"
"Seeing that video, it’s hard to believe that it’s actually genuine and real because she’s an actress," Nungarary says in the video below.
"You don't know who you're crying for," Tammy Nobles adds. "What about our children who were brutally murdered, and raped, and beat to death and left on the floor by these illegal immigrants?"
She later says, "They didn't cry for our daughters."
Another mother, Patty Morin, calls Gomez's video "a ruse to deceive people and garner sympathy for lawlessness."
Continues Nobles, "I am so happy that Trump won. I’m so glad that this is one of the first bills to help with immigration."
As People details, in June of last year, Jocelyn, Nungaray's 12-year-old daughter, was murdered in Houston. The daughter of Nobles, Kayla Hamilton, 20, was murdered in Maryland in 2022, while the 37-year-old daughter of Morin, Rachel, was murdered in 2023.
Although the video doesn't explain what bill Nobles refers to, last month, President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, legislation designed to make crimes perpetrated by undocumented immigrants harsher.
Ahead of the act's signing, Gomez emotionally reacted to the mass deportations of undocumented people.
"I’m so sorry. All my people are getting attacked," Gomez said in the video. "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."
The Emilia Pérez star would later delete the post, and respond to pushback, writing, "Apparently, it’s not ok to show empathy for people," to her Instagram Stories.
