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ICE Officials Arrest Activist for Reciting Poem Criticizing Immigration Policy

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Jul 08, 2019
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California has filed a petition for an activist arrested in California just two days after he read a poem at a public forum criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Jose Omar Bello Reyes, 22, read his poem titled “Dear America” at a public forum in Bakersfield, California on May 15…

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