Romeo Santos took to clarify his recent comments about ICE and mass deportation of Latino immigrants in the U.S.
Last week, the Aventura member and Prince Royce appeared on The New York Times‘ Popcast and shared his opinion that “artists should stick to music” when asked about ICE and immigration.
“And the ones that decide they want to get into talking about politics… I also do believe in freedom of speech, I just feel that I’d rather promote love, unity, and just kind of understand that people have different views and religion,” Santos continued around the 52-minute mark of the video below.
Santos’ remark was met with swift backlash by some Latino fans, who considered his opinion dismissive of families impacted by deportation. On Tuesday (December 30), the Bachata artist went to Instagram Live to elaborate on his thoughts, expressing, “I didn’t think I had to make it clear who do I stand for.”
“I thought that after more than three decades everyone knew that I would always advocate for the Latino community,” Santos continued. “I didn’t know that not going deeper into such a delicate topic about an issue that is affecting our immigrant brothers and sisters…I didn’t think many would run with such an erroneous narrative.”
“I could never turn my back to my community,” the Better Late Than Never artist continued.
As Santos’ following now wants the musician to be consistent in his opinion about ICE, it was in 2015 that the artist called out President Donald Trump months before he took office.
