SXSW Immigration Deportation Update: Organizers Issue Statement; Committed To Remove “Deportation Clause”

The organizers of the South by Southwest festival (SXSW), one of the biggest tech, culture and music festivals in the world that starts Friday in Austin, Tex., reassured participants and performers through a statement released Tuesday that they are committed to the removal of the “deportation clause” from its agreements starting in 2018.
“We will remove the option of notifying immigration authorities in situations where a foreign artist might ‘adversely affect the vi