Shakira talks about the situation of immigrants in the United States: it is painful to see | People | Entertainment
After the expressions of actress Eva Longoria and businesswoman Kim Kardashian, Shakira also highlighted the situation of immigrants in the United States, saying that they live in “constant fear” before the detention and deportation policies of the administration of President Donald Trump.
The Colombian artist spoke with BBC News about how the country has changed from its own experience When moving to Miami at 19, to boost his musical career.
She recalled that she also sought “a better future”, and that she learned English through poetry and writing of Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman and Bob Dylan, to understand how to improve the creation of letters.
Shakira, winner of four Grammy awards, the last one in 2025, said it is painful to see the tribulations of the immigrant community, and called the unity and free expression. “We must raise our voices and make it clear that a country can change its immigration policy, but treatment to all people must always be human.”
In response to the raids and arrests to immigrants, The Los Angeles community began a series of protests They have echoed in other cities.
Trump, in turn, sent the National Guard of California to suppress them. However, the state governor, Gavin Newsom, resisted and formally requested that this order be reversed, qualifying it as illegal, because the troops are under their command, in a process that is already in court. (YO)
