PEN America: ICE Arrest of Activist for Reciting Poem Criticizing Immigration Policy Raises 'Serious Concern'
June 28, 2019
June 28, 2019
NEW YORK, June 28 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Arrest Raises Free Speech Alarms Over ICE's Commitment to Constitutional Rights
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ICE's arrest of student and activist Jose Bello--less than 36 hours after Bello publicly recited a poem criticizing the immigration system--is cause for serious concern for all those who support freedom of expression and First Amendment rights, PEN America said today.
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- Arrest Raises Free Speech Alarms Over ICE's Commitment to Constitutional Rights
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ICE's arrest of student and activist Jose Bello--less than 36 hours after Bello publicly recited a poem criticizing the immigration system--is cause for serious concern for all those who support freedom of expression and First Amendment rights, PEN America said today.
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