Shakira Says Being an Immigrant in the U.S. Amid Trump’s Policies “Means Living in Constant Fear”
The Colombian-born singer moved to the U.S. as a teenager to expand her music career.
By Carly Thomas
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June 15, 2025 9:29am
Shakira is speaking out about the “constant fear” that immigrants face in the United States today amid President Donald Trump‘s aggressive immigration policies.
The Colombian-born singer, 48, recently spoke with BBC News about how the U.S. has changed since she moved to Miami as a teenager to expand her music career.
“I was only 19 when I moved to the US, like many other Colombian immigrants who come to this country looking for a better future,” she said, adding that she relied on poetry and written works from Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman and Bob Dylan to learn English and help “understand how the English language works within songwriting.”
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