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Topics: Selena Gomez, Celebrity, Donald Trump, US News, Politics, World News
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Selena Gomez, Celebrity, Donald Trump, US News, Politics, World News
Selena Gomez has been forced to delete a video of her crying over Donald Trump’s latest executive order.
In the video, which was posted to Instagram this afternoon (27 January), Gomez could be seen crying at the news that Trump plans to deport millions of immigrants. Take a look below:
Gomez, who is Mexican-American, began: "All my people are getting attacked, the children."
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She continued: "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's since shared another statement to her story after removing the first video.
The black screen with white overlay text read: "Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people."
The Mexican government is now preparing for thousands of deportees they expect to arrive from the US in the coming weeks as what Trump calls the 'the largest deportation in American history' gets under way.
One executive order suspended the entry of undocumented migrants to the US under any circumstances claiming that those who do make it to US soil 'are restricted from invoking' provisions like asylum. It also further restricts undocumented people who cannot prove satisfactory medical and criminal histories.
Another executive order has restarted the 'Remain in Mexico' programme, which requires non-Mexican asylum seekers to await their US hearing dates inside Mexican territory.
Gomez's posts come after one week after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
The 78-year-old Republican leader has made some extremely serious moves to end birthright citizenship.
When Trump references birthright citizenship, he's likely talking about the legal principle of jus soli - which means 'right of the soil' in Latin.
The first sentence of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution establishes the principle of birthright citizenship: "All persons born or naturalised in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."
In short, the legal principle grants citizenship to anyone born in the country, regardless of their parents' citizenship. So, such a principle allows nearly everyone born on US soil to become a US citizen immediately.
The order in question tries to make it so that children born in the US, but without at least one parent who is a lawful permanent resident or US citizen, are no longer automatically extended US citizenship.
It works by disallowing federal agencies from issuing or recognising documentation proving US citizenship for such children who meet that criteria in the US 30 days after the order was signed.
The executive order largely targets children who are born to unauthorised immigrants as well as people legally in the US on temporary visas.
Birthright citizenship is protected by the 14th Amendment and any attempt to revoke it will likely bring immediate legal challenges. This means that, most likely, Trump will not be able to end birthright citizenship - and definitely not through executive order.