Save this article to read it later.

Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.

It was definitely targeted.

There was helicopters, Savage recalls, adding that he was never told that he was under arrest.

They didnt say nothing.

They just said, We got Savage.

His lawyers believe his celebrity and a recent lyric critical of border patrol were also factors in his arrest.

I wasnt hiding it, but I didnt wanna get deported, he says.

He says he doesnt remember much of his life in Britain and considers himself an American.

Ive been here 20 years.

Im from Atlanta, in my eyes.

This is all I know, he says.

Tags: