Sara Haines stood up for Selena Gomez after the actress faced backlash for breaking down into tears over Donald Trump’s deportation policy in a since-deleted video. 

Gomez, 32, whose own aunt entered the U.S. from Mexico hidden in the back of a truck, was slammed for the upload, and ended up deleting the video before remarking, ‘Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.’

Haines, however, was sympathetic towards Gomez on the latest episode of The View.

The chat show shared a compilation of various broadcasters on Fox News responding to Selena’s video, where they called it a ‘performative fit of hysteria’ and advised her to ‘check your compassionate privilege.’

Haines, 47, began by citing Gomez’s own personal connection to the issue, and reminded viewers the actress’ statements did not mean she condoned violent criminals remaining in the country.

‘Selena Gomez can feel compassion for people being deported,’ Haines said. ‘She has a very personal connection to that.

Her grandmother came in the back of a truck across the border and her father was then born in the country, she’s born in the country, she belongs here, that is natural to then say, “Hey, God, it’s heartbreaking to watch this.”

It can be heartbreaking and she can still not be ok with violent criminals.

Sara Haines stood up for Selena Gomez after the actress faced backlash for posting a tearful video about the deportation of Mexican people

Selena, whose own aunt crossed the U.S.-Mexico border hidden in the back of a truck, shared video on Monday reacting to President Donald Trump’s threat of mass deportations of all undocumented immigrants, which has ignited fears of family separations

‘And they keep saying in there, “We’re taking the violent criminals.” Well the point I made here at the table is they’re not transparent about who they’re bringing. They’re not knocking on doors, they’re rounding up people.

‘They’re not saying, if they broke down every person deported and said, “We’ve got 16 murderers, 15 rapists, 13 repeat offenders,” everyone in this country, including Selena Gomez, would say “Bravo!” But that’s not what’s happening, they’re not being open about it. So never condemn someone for showing empathy for another person.’

In the compilation of various media figures responding to Selena, one of the contributors noted that Gomez neglected to bring up Laken Riley, a nursing student who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant.

Haines said of this: ‘She doesn’t have to address Laken Riley, which is another awful tragic story that happened here in this country. It’s not saying she agrees with that to say she understands the plight of all of these people. So it’s just a disgusting place we’re when we can’t even recognize that.’

In Gomez’s original video, she stated: ‘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 wrote in bold font ‘I’m sorry’ along with the Mexican flag emoji.

On Sunday, a ‘nationwide immigration crackdown resulted in the arrest of 956 people, the most since Trump returned to power,’ according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Per BBC, a ‘number of federal agencies with newly expanded detention powers were involved in the raids in a number of cities including Chicago, Newark and Miami.’

The Only Murders in the Building star previously produced a 2019 Netflix documentary, titled Living Undocumented, chronicling the lives of undocumented families in the United States.

At the time, the former Disney Channel star, who was born in Texas, opened up about her family’s own immigration story, which began in the 1970s when her aunt crossed the border from Mexico to America hidden in the back of a truck.

Haines began by citing Gomez’s own personal connection to the issue, adding her emotion did not mean the actress condoned violent criminals remaining in the country

‘Selena Gomez can feel compassion for people being deported,’ Haines said. ‘She has a very personal connection to that,’ she said

In Gomez’s original video, she stated: ‘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.’

Her paternal grandparents, Ricardo and Mary followed their daughter and, once in the US, they welcomed Selena’s father, who is also called Ricardo.

Her mother, Mandy Teefey, is also a US citizen.

In a personal essay for Time magazine, Selena shared: ‘Undocumented immigration is an issue I think about every day, and I never forget how blessed I am to have been born in this country thanks to my family and the grace of circumstance.’

She added: ‘But when I read the news headlines or see debates about immigration rage on social media, I feel afraid for those in similar situations. I feel afraid for my country.’

Gomez’s own aunt entered the U.S. from Mexico hidden in the back of a truck

The Golden Globe nominee noted as a Mexican American woman that she feels ‘a responsibility to use’ her platform ‘to be a voice for people who are too afraid to speak.’

‘When I signed on to executive-produce a show about undocumented immigrants, I couldn’t help but anticipate the criticisms I might face. But the truth is, the worst criticism I can imagine is still nothing compared to what undocumented immigrants face every day,’ she explained.

The Rare Beauty reminded her followers that ‘fear shouldn’t stop us from getting involved and educating ourselves on an issue that affects millions of people in our country.’

Selena has been vocal about concerns over how immigrants are obtained in the United States and previously called out ‘kids in cages’ that were ‘sleeping on concrete floors with aluminum blankets.’