The ship docked at San Juan. P.R.. and Mr. Fuentes. on preparing to leave. was met by immigration officials who tore up his transit card and. Mr. Fuentes reported. treated him "like a common criminal." The Justice Department later said that the author had been denied entry because he is an "undesirable alien." and declined to explain further. Mr. Fuentes has been refused a visitors visa in the past on the grounds that he was a possible Communist. This latest incident has been met with outrage in literary. academic. and international circles. In a highly critical editorial. the New York Times commented: One sure way to tarnish the United States Is for some bureaucrat to decide that a writer. painter or other artist is an "undesirable alien" because of his works or beliefs. Politicizing literature is a common practice for authoritarian governments. it should not become one for this country. Mr.
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