""I came to this country as an illegal immigrant @ 5 years old," she wrote in a 2018 Facebook post during the immigration crackdowns of the first Trump administration. Next to images of a juvenile detention center, she continued, "I can't imagine the horror of being in a strange place & having my parents stripped away from me at the age of 5. This is so scary to me. Please stop this. Can you try to imagine the terror & panic these kids feel right now?""
"In a 2024 TikTok live (and via TMZ), she confirmed that she wasn't yet a citizen. "I was born on a beautiful island called Trinidad and Tobago. But I've been in the States for many years. You would think that with the millions of dollars that I've paid in taxes to this country that I would have been given an honorary citizenship many, many, many thousands of years ago.""
Nicki Minaj said she arrived in the United States as an illegal immigrant at age five and described the fear of being separated from parents in juvenile detention-like settings. She has not yet obtained U.S. citizenship despite significant tax payments and publicly questioned why honorary citizenship was not granted. Minaj has recently associated with conservative figures and organizations, including appearing at a Turning Point USA conference and expressing frustration with Governor Gavin Newsom. She used an American flag emoji to endorse the SAVE Act, which aims to restrict voting and civic participation by undocumented immigrants, raising questions given her stated arrival.
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