21 Savage has been residing a lie.
For years, 21 Savage was related to Atlanta and the hip hop music scene. He has even held Again 2 Faculty occasions in 2018 and gave free faculty provides to greater than 2,500 DeKalb County faculty college students.
Effectively, his Atlanta upbringing was not correct, as 21 Savage was arrested by ICE at this time.
In response to ICE, 21 Savage, actual identify Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph was a United Kingdom citizen who got here to the U.S. when he was round 13 and overstayed his visa.
ICE had this assertion to make in regards to the arrest:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested unlawfully current United Kingdom nationwide Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph AKA “21 Savage” throughout a focused operation with federal and native regulation enforcement companions early Sunday in metro Atlanta. Mr. Abraham-Joseph was taken into ICE custody as he’s unlawfully current within the U.S. and likewise a convicted felon.
Mr. Abraham-Joseph initially entered the U.S. legally in July 2005, however subsequently didn’t depart underneath the phrases his nonimmigrant visa and he grew to become unlawfully current within the U.S. when his visa expired in July 2006. Along with being in violation federal immigration regulation, Mr. Abraham-Joseph was convicted on felony drug prices in October 2014 in Fulton County, Georgia.
Mr. Abraham-Joseph is presently in ICE custody in Georgia and has been positioned into removing proceedings earlier than the federal immigration courts. ICE will now await the result his case earlier than a federal immigration choose to find out future actions.
21 Savage was convicted felony drug prices in 2014 in Fulton County. Non-citizens who’re convicted felonies are ten deported.
As now, 21 Savage has been positioned in “removing proceedings earlier than the federal immigration courts," that means they’re almost certainly going to ship him again to England.
21's lawyer is set to combat the deportation.
“We’re working diligently to get Mr. Abraham-Joseph out detention whereas we work with authorities to clear up any misunderstanding. Mr. Abraham-Joseph is a job mannequin to the younger individuals within the nation — particularly in Atlanta, Georgia and is actively working in the neighborhood main applications to assist underprivileged youths in monetary literacy.”
BREAKING- @ICEgov spokesman tells me @21savage was taken into custody by ICE. “His entire public persona is fake. He truly got here to the U.S. from the U.Okay. as a teen and overstayed his visa.” MORE COMING
— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) February 3, 2019