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Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Celebrities react to Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Twitter.
Kat Von D is the latest celebrity to publicly oppose President Donald Trump and his planned border wall.
The 34-year-old tattoo artist shared a childhood photo of herself on Instagram which was taken in Mexico, before she knew “a single word of English.”
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She explained how her Argentine parents started their family in Montemorelos, Mexico while her father was a missionary doctor serving in the pueblos.
Kat Von D and her two siblings were all born in the Mexican city, located in Nuevo León, about 3 hours from the U.S.-Mexico Border.
“[…] it would be another 10 years before I would finally become a U.S. citizen,” she recounted in the post published Wednesday.
Along with her tattoo artistry, Von D has become a reality TV star, a New York Times best-selling author and also launched a makeup line and a yearly tattoo convention.
She went on to say the border wall would be damaging to the U.S. on “so many levels,” but possible financial repercussions are “insignificant” to an “underlying message it sends that one race is below another.”
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The star asked anyone who supports the wall to unfollow her on Instagram.
“I AM MEXICAN. I AM ARGENTINIAN. And I AM AMERICAN. We shouldn’t forget we are a nation of immigrants,” she added.
Meanwhile, the White House said Trump called Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto last Friday to tell him he was ready to send U.S. troops to his country to stop “bad hombres down there” unless Mexican military did more to control them — a comment the administration described as “lighthearted.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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