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Cattledog

(5,911 posts) Sat Mar 11, 2017, 12:27 PM Mar 2017

Italian Band Soviet Soviet Denied Entry To The U.S., Jailed And Then Deported

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/03/10/519707931/italian-band-soviet-soviet-denied-entry-to-the-u-s-jailed-and-then-deported?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Friday afternoon, the Italian trio Soviet Soviet posted a lengthy statement on Facebook explaining why it would not be keeping its U.S. tour dates this week and next: It had been deported.

https://www.facebook.com/sovietsovietband/posts/10155120054589810

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Italian Band Soviet Soviet Denied Entry To The U.S., Jailed And Then Deported (Original Post) Cattledog Mar 2017 OP

This was actually the fault of the band's agent PSPS Mar 2017 #1

PSPS

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1. This was actually the fault of the band's agent

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sat Mar 11, 2017, 01:01 PM

Mar 2017

Musicians and other performers have never been permitted into the country without a proper work visa, which this band didn't have. They tried to enter using a visa waiver ETSA and that's never been allowed.

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