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Selena Gomez Presents What I Wish You Knew: Living Undocumented | Netflix
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Selena Gomez Presents What I Wish You Knew: Living Undocumented | Netflix
Netflix's 'Living Undocumented' Finally Tackles The Ghastly But True Reality Of Immigration
Selena Gomez Tells Story Of Her Own Family’s Border Crossing In Powerful Op-Ed
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Selena Gomez says she feels a responsibility as a Mexican American woman to use her platform for those who are too afraid to speak ― and she’s done so in a powerful op-ed about America’s immigration crisis.
The singer and actor wrote an article for Time in which she revealed the hardships her own family endured as they made their way to the U.S. as undocumented immigrants. “In the 1970s, my aunt crossed the border from Mexico to the United States hidden in the back of a truck. My grandparents followed, and my father was born in Texas soon after,” she wrote, going on to say that she was lucky enough to be born as a U.S. citizen as a result of their “bravery and sacrifice.”
Gomez is the executive producer of a new documentary series, “Living Undocumented,” which chronicles the lives of eight immigrant families living in the U.S. and facing deportation: “It’s time to listen to the people whose lives are being directly affected by immigration policies."
Read more about Gomez’s story here.
Selena Gomez presents : What I Wish You Knew.
Selena Gomez Presents What I Wish You Knew: Living Undocumented | Netflix
" It made me mad. I knew I related to that in so many ways. A lot of my family were immigrants, and created lives for themselves here. I'm just once removed from being an [immigrant]. I'm proud of that side of who I am. But seeing what happened [to the families in the documentary], I just felt helpless — completely disgusted and frustrated — and I wanted to do something that would make people uncomfortable, that would force people to watch something that maybe they just don't want to see, or don't understand." - Selena on "Living Undocumented" being one of the highest accomplishments of her career.
Selena Gomez in Versace at a screening for Netflix’s Living Undocumented in LA on October 2, 2019.