Aziz Ansari revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Reside that he carries his passport all over the place in Los Angeles.

Aziz Ansari says his return to Los Angeles after an extended stretch overseas got here with an sudden accent—his passport—pushed by anxiousness over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement exercise within the metropolis.

The Emmy-winning actor and comic, who now resides in London, opened up about his apprehension throughout an look on Jimmy Kimmel Reside, citing the seen uptick in immigration enforcement as the rationale behind his unease.

“I haven’t been in LA shortly. I haven’t been right here since all this ICE stuff began occurring,” Ansari, 42, advised host Jimmy Kimmel. “I’m all nervous. I acquired mates, they’re like, ‘We’re hiding our nanny within the basement. We’d have to lift our children. We don’t know what we’re going to do.’”

The creator of Grasp of None didn’t maintain again when describing how the present immigration local weather has personally affected him, even joking about the opportunity of being mistaken for somebody undocumented.

“I’m on edge, man. I’m carrying my passport on a regular basis, simply in case individuals haven’t seen the reveals, you recognize?” he stated. “Though I do assume it will be wonderful in the event that they did seize me, ’trigger there’d be an unbelievable viral video the place all these individuals are like, ‘Oh my god, that’s the man from Parks and Rec… he made Grasp of None. Oh my god, they’re arresting (Pakistani-American actor) Kumail Nanjiani!

Ansari’s remarks come on the heels of a Division of Homeland Safety report stating that ICE had detained 5,000 people in Los Angeles between June and late August.

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