An immigration attorney say agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement improperly detained rapper 21 Savage "based on incorrect information about prior criminal charges" and are now "refusing to release him on bond of any amount."

ICE spokesman Bryan Cox confirmed to USA TODAY that the 26-year-old musician, who was born in the United Kingdom as Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was placed in federal immigration Sunday custody following a "targeted operation" in Atlanta. He said Abraham-Joseph will face federal deportation proceedings as a result of overstaying his U.S. visa as a youth. The visa expired in 2006.