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To assist with the many injustices occurring around the world, Lennon said that he was considering involving himself using his popularity for fund raisers, voter-registration drives, and anti-war rallies and concerts. These activities were planned to take place in many of the presidential primary states in 1972, and this deeply troubled Richard Nixon and the Republican Party. Consequently, many Republicans feared that Lennon, through these motivated activities, would jump-start the anti-war movement, resulting in the majority of young Americans voting against Nixon in the upcoming election.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, it was revealed that on February 4, 1972, Senator Strom Thurmond wrote a memo, classified as secret, citing Lennon as a danger to the Presidents' 1972 reelection campaign. So what could the Republicans do to prevent this? Easy they thought - just revoke Lennon's visa. Thurmond said further that "if Lennon's visa is terminated, it would be a strategy counter-measure." He further advised that "caution must be taken with regard to the possible alienation of the so-called 18-year-old-vote if Lennon is expelled from the country."
So what happened to Lennon as a result? For four years, John Lennon had to endure FBI surveillance, and continued harassment from the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS). Was John Lennon successfully deported - no. However, in 1975, the chief counsel of the INS resigned, and after doing so, publicly stated that the United States government, i.e., the Republican Party, spent millions of tax dollars, and conducted a more vehement attempt to deport John Lennon than it did in trying to throw out Nazi war criminals. It should be noted too, that all activities involving Lennon, or his intended activities, were protected under the First Amendment, which extends this protection to both citizens and non-citizens alike. John Lennon broke no laws in trying to fight for the many injustices he believed in.
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