{"id":92944,"date":"2017-03-07T22:24:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T03:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92944"},"modified":"2017-03-07T22:24:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T03:24:26","slug":"sxsw-to-remove-immigration-warnings-from-festival-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/07\/sxsw-to-remove-immigration-warnings-from-festival-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW to remove immigration warnings from festival contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92945\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14344835_10153904501898994_9180644110414580492_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92945\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14344835_10153904501898994_9180644110414580492_n.png\" alt=\"The South by Southwest festival will remove language from contracts that had warned bands and performers that U.S. immigration agents could be notified over serious contract violations. (Photo: SXSW\/Facebook)\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14344835_10153904501898994_9180644110414580492_n.png 400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14344835_10153904501898994_9180644110414580492_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14344835_10153904501898994_9180644110414580492_n-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The South by Southwest festival will remove language from contracts that had warned bands and performers that U.S. immigration agents could be notified over serious contract violations. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SXSWFestival\/photos\/a.428203663993.226367.7826953993\/10153904501898994\/?type=1&amp;theater\">SXSW\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The South by Southwest festival will remove language from contracts that had warned bands and performers that U.S. immigration agents could be notified over serious contract violations.<\/p>\n<p>SXSW announced the changes Tuesday ahead of the massive music, film and technology showcase starting later this week. It comes after a New York-based musician announced he was pulling out of the festival over immigration language in his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Word of the contract language caused swift reaction on social media and comes amid heightened fears of immigration crackdowns under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>SXSW organizers have said the clause about notifying \u201cappropriate U.S. immigration authorities\u201d had been a safeguard in case artists did something truly egregious, like starting a brawl or causing safety issues.<\/p>\n<p>SXSW says the language will be removed starting in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The South by Southwest festival will remove language from contracts that had warned bands and performers that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16302,16301],"class_list":["post-92944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-southwest-festival","tag-sxsw","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}