Grammy-winning star battling cancer fears ‘cruel’ deportation under new Trump law
He's only just returned to touring.
Singer Raul Malo, who is best known as the frontman for The Mavericks, has raised concerns about his US citizenship under new laws.
The Grammy-winning country singer was back on tour with his band, a year after being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment.
Last July, they were forced to cancel gigs after Raul, 59, started chemotherapy, of which he had 16 rounds as per his latest update.
While he’s not ‘out of the woods’ yet, he is well enough for The Mavericks to return to touring — only to be faced with a new concern.
Raul, who was born in the US, called out the ‘cruelty and suffering being inflicted on the unsuspecting’ after President Donald Trump’s deportation bill was passed.
‘Dear America, today is the day we celebrate you and what you used to stand for,’ he said in a post on Instagram. ‘The words “liberty and justice for all” have faded into a distant past.
The singer is just back on the road after battling cancer (Picture: Rick Kern/Getty Images) Trump’s new bill will see stricter immigration laws (Picture: EPA)‘To some of us those words were deeply personal. My family came here because of those words. I was born here because of those words. I have had an extraordinary life because of those words.’
‘Now those words have lost their meaning,’ stated Raul. ‘They are now abstract concepts used to inflict cruelty and suffering on the unsuspecting, the weak, the sick, the poor, the needy.’
He revealed that under the new law, he and his sister could be labelled ‘illegal birthright citizens’ if their mother is ‘stripped of her naturalised citizenship’.
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ comes with a slew of tax cuts, benefitting the wealthiest while also boost funding for defence, border security and producing energy.
The bill puts aside $45billion to detain undocumented people taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Raul still needs to undergo surgeries after his chemo (Picture: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
