Members of the Italian post-punk trio Soviet Soviet, booked to play at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, were detained in Seattle on Wednesday and eventually deported by United States Customs and Border Protection officials as immigration enforcement under the Trump administration continues to cause tension.
On Facebook, Soviet Soviet said that its three members were separately interrogated for four hours before they were handcuffed and taken to jail, and that they were denied the opportunity to make phone calls. "We were relieved to fly back home and distance ourselves from that violent, stressful and humiliating situation."
New York Times, March 13, 2017
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