ICE arrests rapper, says he overstayed his visa

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Source: The Hill

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday arrested Atlanta rapper 21 Savage, alleging that he is from the United Kingdom and overstayed his visa, according to media reports.

ICE spokesman Bryan Cox said in a statement that 21 Savage, whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested "during a targeted operation."

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested unlawfully present United Kingdom national Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph AKA ‘21 Savage’ during a targeted operation with federal and local law enforcement partners early Sunday in metro Atlanta," Cox told WSB-TV in Atlanta.

Cox added that the rapper legally entered the U.S. in 2005 "but subsequently failed to depart under the terms of his nonimmigrant visa."

The rapper is currently in ICE custody in Georgia "and has been placed into removal proceedings before the federal immigration courts," Cox also said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/428277-ice-arrests-rapper-says-he-overstayed-his-visa

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[samnsara]

1. can i say: 'well he dont look like no mexican!' ?

[KayF]

3. yep definitely British

look at his teeth.

[DURHAM D]

2. Hope he wasn't scheduled for any Super Bowl events. nt

[HipChick]

11. Just nominated for Grammies

[rocktivity]

16. And he was about to release a new album

rocktivity

[SFnomad]

4. If we only had that wall .... oh, wait n/t

[whistler162]

5. A face only a moth.... nah not even!

[trusty elf]

6. .....

[ProudLib72]

8. Rapper Dolt 45 has the best lyrics!

But they get a little repetitive. The songs that stand out to me are: "Livin La Vida Covfefe" and "Servin' Hamberders".

[catrose]

10. What about that unforgettable "Wall Wall We gotta have a wall"

I hear it in my sleep every night.

Just curious, when is ICE going to deport Milo? He's here on a genius visa, like Melania was, but doesn't he have to behave and bring some value?

[Grokenstein]

7. Oh dang, UK's not sending their best

This is why we need a wall, y'all! /sarcasmgasm

[mobeau69]

9. He wasn't even the target of ICE. Another individual who was with him was.

He had created a completely false story about his life and identity and where and under what circumstances he grew up in Atlanta.

Crazy.

[rocktivity]

14. 21 Savage most recently created his completely false story with the help of DJ Akademiks,

who launched his career as a YouTube hiphop personality by getting a completely false story of out Tekashi SixNine, who is now looking at a minimum 47-year federal sentence for racketeering:

Akademiks just posted this, stating that he's still "exclusively" tight with Savage's "team" -- have they been lying to him, or did Savage lie to them? Ak is going to get a reputation as an easy mark!

rocktivity

[Cold War Spook]

12. So they can't deport him until he goes before an immigration judge.

Let's see, there are less than 800 immigration judges and they have a backlog of 1.1 million cases. So if he wants to stay in the US and gets a lawyer how long will he be here before his case comes up?

[rocktivity]

15. If Wikepedia has it right about him being born in 1992

that means he was a minor when he arrived arrived in the US (legally) with his mother.


rocktivity

[Haggis for Breakfast]

13. Does anyone remember when trmp said that

ICE would only be going after dangerous criminals ?

[JudyM]

17. Locking.

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