White House Responds To Selena Gomez On Deportation Of Immigrants: 'You Didn’t Cry For Our Daughters' | WATCH

Days after singer-actress Selena Gomez was seen crying in a video about the Trump administration's mass deportations, the White House shared a clip on Saturday featuring three women whose children were allegedly "murdered by illegal aliens," a term used for undocumented immigrants.

"You don't know who you're crying for. What about our children who were brutally murdered, raped, beaten to death, and left on the floor by these illegal immigrants?" said Tammy Nobles, the mother of Kayla Hamilton, who was reportedly killed by an El Salvadoran national in 2021. The video was posted on the White House's official X account.

"You didn't cry for our daughters," she added.

"Kayla Hamilton, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Rachel Morin were murdered by illegal aliens. Their courageous mothers had something to say to Selena Gomez and those who oppose securing our borders," the White House said in the caption.

In a now-deleted Instagram video, Gomez, whose father is Mexican, described the arrests of illegal immigrants as an attack on "all my people."

"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 as she broke down in the video posted on January 27.

The caption on her video read, "I'm sorry," and included a Mexican flag emoji. She, however, deleted the clip after facing backlash.

Alexis Nungaray, whose 12-year-old daughter Jocelyn was killed last year, said it was "hard to believe" Gomez in the video as "she's an actress."

"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 are many other children whose lives were taken due to people who cross here illegally," she said.

Patty Morin, whose daughter Rachel was reportedly killed in 2023, said Gomez's video was "just a ruse to deceive people and to garner sympathy for lawlessness."

The three women also thanked Donald Trump for his actions against illegal immigration shortly after he took office on January 20, saying he is "making things happen."

"President Trump genuinely cares for the American people and the American family," said Morin, vowing to stand by him to "make America safer again."

X Users Slam White House For Selena Gomez Video

The White House, however, faced criticism for the video, with several users on X accusing it of "inciting anger towards" Selena Gomez.

"This is disgusting - the WH official account is here shaming and inciting anger towards an individual American. Forget the politics here - if you think it's okay for the WH to attack a citizen like this, you're in for a rude awakening when the dictator comes at you," one user wrote.

"This is so grossly inappropriate and weird, putting a target on Selena's back by using the White House to personally attack a private citizen. I hope she sues y'all," said another.

Many users also labelled the White House's video as "very inappropriate and unprofessional."

Earlier this week, Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, also responded to Selena Gomez's video, dismissing the criticism of the raids carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"I don't think we arrested any families. We've arrested public safety threats and national security threats," he said.

"No apologies. We're moving forward to make our communities safer," Mr. Homan concluded, citing the potential reduction in fentanyl deaths, "illegal alien" crimes, and human trafficking as outcomes of stricter border enforcement.