21 Savage Calls for Young Immigrants
to Be Granted US Citizenship.
The rapper and immigration advocate
was recently honored by the
National Immigration Law Center.
In an interview beforehand, he said citizenship should be automatic for those brought to the U.S. when they are underage.
Savage originally moved to the
United States from Great Britain
when he was seven years old.
I feel like we should be exempt. I feel like we should automatically
become citizens, 21 Savage, via 'The Associated Press'.
When you’re a child, you don’t know what’s going on. Now, you grow up and got to figure it out. Can’t get a job. Can’t get a license. I’m one of the lucky ones who became successful. It’s a lot of people who can’t, 21 Savage, via 'The Associated Press'.
Earlier this year, the 26-year-old
was arrested over a visa that
expired back in 2006.
He was then held in a
detention center for 10 days.
The case is still pending.
When you ain’t got no choice, you should be exempt. It’s not like I was 30, woke up and moved over here. I’ve been here since I was like seven or eight, probably younger than that. I didn’t know anything about visas and all that, 21 Savage, via 'The Associated Press'