Savage’s lawyer, Charles Kuck, told The Associated Press in a statement Friday that his client has officially become a U.S. citizen and may now go overseas. He cleared a major traveling hurdle after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Georgia in 2019.
Kuck said the Grammy-nominated artist followed “all applicable immigration laws since his initial detention by ICE.” “His immigration court proceedings have now been terminated and he is a lawful permanent resident of the United States with the freedom to travel internationally,” Kuck said. Savage, 30, whose given name is She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, spent 10 days in a detention center in southern Georgia before his release. He was arrested in a targeted operation over his visa, which expired in 2006.rapper said he had no idea what a visa was when his mother brought him to the U.S. at 7 years old. He said in aSavage said the visa application process discourages many immigrants who don’t have documents because it “hangs over your head forever.
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