Cuban-Mexican artist Camila Cabello has long been open about the hardships she faced coming to the United States with her mother and how her father, a Mexican national, was forced to stay behind for over a year due to immigration issues. Now, the Latin singer-songwriter is joining a growing list of stars speaking out against ICE raids happening in cities across the country.
In recent days, celebrities including Pedro Pascal, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, Peso Pluma, Eugenio Derbez, Ana Brenda Contreras, Pepe Aguilar, and his son Emiliano Aguilar have voiced their outrage. Some, like Emiliano, even took to the streets in Southern California to protest the deportations ordered by former President Donald Trump's administration.
While many of these stars delivered their statements in English—perhaps aiming to reach a broader audience—Cabello, who was raised in Miami, chose to speak directly to the Latino community in Spanish, ensuring that her message reached those most impacted by ICE's actions.
"My Latinos, I'm holding you close to my heart right now," she wrote. "Our people are not just statistics or headlines... we are tireless workers, we build futures and joy, we are dreams and sacrifice that crossed a border, good people with enormous hearts."
Cabello ended her message with a note of solidarity:
"My people, I'm sending you love, strength, and all my support. You are not alone."
Mis Latinos los tengo en mi corazon en estos momentos.
— camila (@Camila_Cabello) June 12, 2025
Nuestra gente no son solo cifras o titulares... somos trabajadores incansables, construimos futuro y alegria, somos sueños y sacrificio que cruzaron frontera, gente buena con un corazon gigante en el pecho.
Mi gente, les…
This isn't the first time Camila Cabello has spoken out in support of immigrants. In 2016, while still in the group Fifth Harmony and during Donald Trump's first presidential campaign, the artist published an open letter in Teen Vogue magazine , in which she recounted her experience leaving Cuba with her parents, where the couple had met, and how, after spending time in Mexico, she and her mother crossed the border at a time when Cubans were automatically granted asylum.
"When I hear an intolerant and racist man of power and influence speak with anger and ill will about immigrants, I think, 'What a fool,'" he wrote, referring to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's threats to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants and build a wall between Mexico and the United States. "When someone wants to tell you they want to build a 'wall' on our border, remember that behind that wall is struggle, determination, and a hunger to move forward," he added.
