{"id":792714,"date":"2019-02-04T14:04:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=789790"},"modified":"2019-02-04T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:04:41","slug":"21-savages-lawyer-calls-rappers-arrest-a-civil-law-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/21-savages-lawyer-calls-rappers-arrest-a-civil-law-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Savage\u2019s Lawyer Calls Rapper\u2019s Arrest a \u2018Civil Law Violation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the arrest and detention of 21 Savage<\/a> (real name\u00a0She\u2019yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph), the rapper\u2019s legal team has released a statement about his current situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Charles H. Kuck, Abraham-Joseph\u2019s immigration lawyer of the firm Kuck & Baxter, ICE refuses to release the rapper \u201con bond of any amount.\u201d It\u2019s unclear how long the rapper will remain in detention or if the process will lead to deportation. Black Lives Matter filed a petition<\/a> protesting any further action by ICE earlier on Monday.<\/p>\n

Kuck\u2019s statement goes on to criticize the acts of ICE in stark terms, claiming that the agency\u2019s actions were \u201cbased upon incorrect information about prior criminal charges.\u201d According to the statement, Abraham-Joseph \u201chas never hidden his immigration status from the US government\u201d and applied for a new visa two years ago. The Department of Homeland Security \u201chas known his address and his history since his filing for the U Visa in 2017.\u201d It is unclear why ICE decided to act on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The statement continues to advocate for Abraham-Joseph\u2019s removal from ICE detention, claiming, \u201cOur client is not a flight risk, as he is widely recognizable, and a prominent member of the music industry. Likewise, Mr. Abraham-Joseph\u2019s is clearly not a danger to the community, and in fact, his contributions to local communities and schools that he grew up in\u00a0are examples of the type of immigrant we want in America\u201d \u2014 all of which would run counter to the need to keep him in custody.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a civil law violation,\u201d \u2014 not criminal \u2014 \u201cand the continued detention of\u00a0Mr. Abraham-Joseph serves no other purpose than to unnecessarily punish him and try to intimidate him into giving up his right to fight to remain in the United States,\u201d the statement argues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for ICE did not immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Statement on behalf of 21 Savage via Charles H. Kuck, Esq. of Kuck & Baxter:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ICE detained She\u2019yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, the well-known Atlanta based recording artist and songwriter also known as \u201c21 Savage\u201d.\u00a0 Based upon incorrect information about prior criminal charges and now refusing to release him on bond of any amount, despite the fact that he has a pending U-Visa application (as the victim of crime) with USCIS, and that he has relief from removal available to him. Mr. Abraham-Joseph has never hidden his immigration status from the US government. The Department of Homeland Security has known his address and his history since his filing for the U Visa in 2017, yet they took no action against him until this past weekend.\u00a0 \u00a0ICE can only continue to detain individuals who are a threat the community or a flight risk to not show up at their hearings. Obviously, our client is not a flight risk, as he is widely recognizable, and a prominent member of the music industry.\u00a0 Likewise, Mr. Abraham-Joseph\u2019s is clearly not a danger to the community, and in fact, his contributions to local communities and schools that he grew up in\u00a0are examples of the type of immigrant we want in America.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

ICE has not charged Mr. Abraham-Joseph with any crime.\u00a0 As a minor, his family overstayed their work visas, and he, like almost two million other children, was left without legal status through no fault of his own.\u00a0 This is a civil law violation, and the continued detention of Mr. Abraham-Joseph serves no other purpose than to unnecessarily punish him and try to intimidate him into giving up his right to fight to remain in the United States.\u00a0 He rose above the difficult circumstances of his youth to achieve success and make contributions to our society that rival any of those by a natural born citizen.\u00a0 Mr. Abraham-Joseph has US citizen children that he supports and is eligible for relief from deportation.\u00a0 We and he will fight for his release, for his family, and his right to remain in our country.\u00a0 No one would expect less from him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the arrest and detention of 21 Savage (real name\u00a0She\u2019yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph), the rapper\u2019s legal team has released a statement about his current situation.\u00a0 According to Charles H. Kuck, Abraham-Joseph\u2019s immigration lawyer of the firm Kuck & Baxter, ICE refuses to release the rapper \u201con bond of any amount.\u201d It\u2019s unclear how long the rapper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-792714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 11:12:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}