The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network will aid British
rapper Slick Rick in order to help prevent him from being deported
again. The HSAN will hold a press conference Oct. 24 in front of the
federal Court Building in New York.
rapper Slick Rick in order to help prevent him from being deported
again. The HSAN will hold a press conference Oct. 24 in front of the
federal Court Building in New York.
Slick Rick, born
Richard Walters, served a little more than five years in prison for
shooting his cousin and a bystander in 1990. Under U.S. law, any
foreign nationial who serves more than five years in prison for a
felony automatically faces deportation. The rapper won a ruling by an
immigration judge in 1995, allowing him to stay in the U.S., but he was
re-arrested in 2002 after performing on a cruise ship. The Immigration
and Naturalization service cited a 1997 warrant on immigration
violations. He was charged with voluntarily deporting himself and
illegally reentering the country.
Richard Walters, served a little more than five years in prison for
shooting his cousin and a bystander in 1990. Under U.S. law, any
foreign nationial who serves more than five years in prison for a
felony automatically faces deportation. The rapper won a ruling by an
immigration judge in 1995, allowing him to stay in the U.S., but he was
re-arrested in 2002 after performing on a cruise ship. The Immigration
and Naturalization service cited a 1997 warrant on immigration
violations. He was charged with voluntarily deporting himself and
illegally reentering the country.
He served 17 months in
an INS detention Facility before his release in October 2003. The case
has been assigned to Florida’s 11th circuit andhe has been stripped of
his status as a permanent U.S. resident again.
an INS detention Facility before his release in October 2003. The case
has been assigned to Florida’s 11th circuit andhe has been stripped of
his status as a permanent U.S. resident again.
“With
all of the real and present threats to American society from terrorism,
why is the government chasing this rapper?” HSAN Co-Chairman Dr.
Benjamin Chavis asked sources and authorities. “It’s an obscene misuse
of scarce resources.”
all of the real and present threats to American society from terrorism,
why is the government chasing this rapper?” HSAN Co-Chairman Dr.
Benjamin Chavis asked sources and authorities. “It’s an obscene misuse
of scarce resources.”
According to Chavis and Slick
Rick‘s supporters, Slick Rick is a model citizen and a family-oriented
man who has completed his parole and has not been convicted of any
crimes since his original conviction.
Rick‘s supporters, Slick Rick is a model citizen and a family-oriented
man who has completed his parole and has not been convicted of any
crimes since his original conviction.
