Bad Bunny has said he has left the United States off his tour schedule because he is afraid that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be lurking outside his concerts.

In an interview with i-D, Benito Ocasio, 31, better known by his stage name Bad Bunny, defended his decision to skip the United States during his world tour for his sixth album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

“There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate—I’ve performed there many times,” he told music reporter Suzy Exposito.

As the Latin music world’s biggest artist, Ocasio says he felt he couldn’t risk putting his fans in danger. “There was the issue of—like, f---ing ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”

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