By Katherine Tinsley
12:44pm PST, Jan 31, 2025
On Monday, January 27, the "Who Says" singer took to Instagram Stories to grieve what's happening to undocumented Mexican immigrants.
"All my people are getting attacked, the children," Gomez tearfully said in a video. "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," she added. "I'll try everything, I promise."
Dr. Phil asserted that ICE is focusing on removing criminals from the U.S. — not minors.
"I certainly don't think she was crying for these individuals," the psychologist told Daily Mail.
"I wanted to see [the immigration enforcement raids] for myself," he said, while explaining his purpose for participating in detaining people in Chicago. "There were no restrictions. There was no room I couldn't go into. There was no meeting I couldn't attend."
Due to Dr. Phil being a mental health professional, he understood why the actress spoke out in the first place.
"She seemed to me to be very sincere in her empathy for these individuals, but I'm not sure who she was identifying with," the reality star shared.
"I don't think she would relate to the people that were taken down in this operation," he added.
During his presidential campaign, Trump was vocal about his commitment to remove undocumented migrants from the country. However, Dr. Phil believes Trump's border Czar, Tom Homan, has prioritized safety threats.
"[ICE agents] are focusing on the worst first," the television personality shared.
"That is the way they describe it and I was able to see how much investigative work they put in to these targes," he added.
Before Dr. Phil's interview, Homan reacted to Gomez's social media post.
"We're gonna do this job, and we're gonna enforce the laws of this country," Homan told Fox News when asked about ICE's intentions. "If they don't like it, then go to Congress and change the law. We're going to do this operation without apology."
"Once we lock that border down [and] continue this operation, you're gonna see fentanyl deaths decrease, illegal alien crime decrease, s– trafficking decrease," he continued. "It's all for the good of this nation. And we're going to keep going. No apologies. We're moving forward."
He later clarified that the organization hasn't separated loved ones.
"I don't think we've arrested any families," he said, referring to Gomez's comments. "We've arrested public safety threats and national security threats, bottom line."
