One Year After His Arrest by ICE, 21 Savage’s Immigration Case Is Far From Over

In February 2019, rapper 21 Savage was released from immigration detention.  Marc Hogan for Pitchfork updates us on his 21 Savage career and immigration case: 

“One year has passed since 21 Savage’s controversial arrest by U.S. immigration authorities. For the Atlanta-based rapper, who relocated there from his native UK as a child, the past 12 months have been eventful but shadowed with uncertainty. For allegedly overstaying his visa, he faces deportation and a 10-year ban from returning to America. The case remains open, mired in a nationwide immigration court backlog that could leave him without legal resolution for years. (Charles Kuck, 21’s immigration lawyer, tells Pitchfork there are no new updates to the rapper’s case at the time of this writing.) While he waits in legal purgatory, 21 Savage has been plenty busy: touring, doing features on over a dozen songs, and even winning a Grammy.”

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