A 27-year-old Venezuelan singer was kept in detention after being granted asylum, in circumstances eerily similar to his own music video.
“I just didn’t understand and thought, ‘What more can they want with me if I already won my case?’” Claudio David Balcane González, known as Davicito59, told The Washington Post.
Balcane arrived in the U.S. in April 2024. He presented himself at the U.S.-Mexico border for an appointment scheduled through the CBP One app, which was expanded under President Joe Biden to allow migrants without entry documents to book appointments with CBP officials, who then inspected them and granted access to the asylum process.
The Venezuelan singer stated that he was questioned about his tattoos, but was still allowed entry into the country.
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