Mickey-Joe Harte refused US entry

Subject: Mickey-Joe Harte refused US entry
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 02:17 PM

Mickey-Joe Harte and a group of 15 musicians have been refused entry to the US. The reason? Some apparatchik decided that because they were coming in to play a charity gig (for a friend's medical bills for his cancer treatment in the US), and because people would be paying in to the gig, they needed a working visa.

Here's a link: RTE news report

Subject: RE: Mickey-Joe Harte refused US entry
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 02:22 PM

unemployment offices have also decreed that charity performances are "work"