Shakira speaks out on the 'constant fear' immigrants face while living in the U.S.

Amid ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids happening successful Los Angeles and crossed the country, Shakira is opening up astir the realities of being an migrant successful the United States.

The 48-year-old vocalist spoke with the BBC past week astir moving arsenic a teen from her autochthonal Colombia to Miami successful the ’90s.

“I was lone 19 erstwhile I moved to the US, similar galore different Colombian immigrants who travel to this state looking for a amended future,” she said. “And I retrieve I was surrounded by Spanish-English dictionaries and synonym dictionaries due to the fact that backmost successful the time I didn’t truly person Google oregon ChatGPT to [help].”

Further commenting connected her “very precarious” situation, Shakira noted that she utilized the works of writer Walt Whitman and singer-songwriters Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan to refine her English skills.

But beyond the connection learning pains, the “Estoy Aquí” creator spoke connected the affectional toll of the migrant experience.

“It means surviving successful changeless fear. And it’s achy to see,” Shakira said. “Now, much than ever, we person to stay united. Now, much than ever, we person to rise our voices and marque it precise wide that a state tin alteration its migration policies, but the attraction of each radical indispensable ever beryllium humane.”

This isn’t the archetypal clip Shakira has touched connected the taxable of migration successful caller months.

While accepting the Latin popular medium Grammy for “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” successful February, the “Whenever, Wherever” vocalist dedicated her grant to her “immigrant brothers and sisters successful this country”

“You are loved, you are worthy it and I volition ever combat with you,” she said.

Shakira’s caller words of solidarity with the migrant assemblage came arsenic different large Latin American euphony acts utilized their platforms to condemn the ICE raids and align their sympathies with immigrants. Becky G, Ivan Cornejo, Fuerza Regida, Junior H, Grupo Frontera and Maná were among the acts to publically dependable interest for the migrant community.