SXSW-bound Soviet Soviet jailed, deported from US
With SXSW itself under fire for apparently threatening artists with deportation, the Italian would-be performers have been labelled illegal immigrants by US authorities
News By IQ | 13 March 2017
Soviet Soviet, an Italian band en route to Texas showcase festival South by Southwest (SXSW), have been deported as “illegal immigrants” by US immigration authorities.
The trio were judged to be lacking the proper paperwork after arriving in Seattle on an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation), a visa waiver programme for citizens of several, most European, countries.
Although ESTA travellers are barred from undertaking commercial activities, Soviet Soviet and their US label, Felte Records, argued unsuccessfully that their SXSW…
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