21 Savage Donates $ 25,000 to Get Legal Aid for Detained Immigrants

21 wild has made a significant financial contribution to help immigrants be represented by a lawyer while in detention under the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Act.

On Friday, June 14, representatives of the Atlanta rapper announced that 21 had donated $ 25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based non-profit civil rights organization that helps him with his help. battle being evicted with ICE. The 21-year-old lawyer, Charles Kuck, said the funds would be used to help immigrants in South Deep Detention Centers to have access to a lawyer.

"21 Savage makes this donation public because everyday Americans need to know that ICE uses civilian immigration detention as a weapon against immigrants." Many of them, like 21 Savage, are relieved of expulsion and are able to correct their immigrant status "said in a press release.

As you may remember, 21 Savage, born She'd Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested and detained on 3 February while driving in the Atlanta subway. The authorities would then transport him to ICE after he was accused of being an illegal immigrant.

Willemijn Keizer, director of institutional donations for the organization, said the rapper's gift will help detained immigrants get the "vital resources" they need to be properly represented.

"Only one in six immigrants detained in the Southeast has access to a lawyer in a deportation proceeding, and for an immigrant in detention, this legal representation can make all the difference between winning or losing a lawsuit – stay with his family or be forced to return to his home country – a place that is no longer at home, "Keizer said in a press release.

21 Savage can understand the struggles of a detained immigrant. The rapper in campaign said in February that his detention by ICE was his "worst nightmare".

"That's why [I’ve] always tried to get [my immigration documents] corrected " he stated. "Even if you have money, it is not easy.It is not a favoritism, and I respect it, I respect it honestly.It would be a little messed up if rich immigrants were better treated than poor immigrants, I think. "

Here is 21 to defend what he believes in.