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Selena Gomez Pens Emotional Op-Ed On Immigration: ‘I’m Afraid For My Country’

Paul Bois
Selena Gomez Pens Emotional Op-Ed On Immigration: ‘I’m Afraid For My Country’
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Singer Selena Gomez is “afraid” for the United States due to the ongoing illegal immigration crisis and hopes Americans will feel more empathy and compassion for illegal immigrants.

In an op-ed for TIME, the “Good for You” singer recalls her own family’s history of illegal immigration, starting when her aunt crossed the border in the 1970s — followed by her grandparents, who then bore her father in Texas.

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