Urgent: Star Wars Celebration Must Divest from ICE Now

Star Wars Celebration is produced by ReedPop, a subsidiary of RELX Group. RELX also owns LexisNexis, which currently holds multimillion-dollar contracts with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). These contracts provide ICE and the CBP (Customs and Border Protection) with Accurint, a surveillance tool that aggregates our personal information into a digital dragnet. This is a weaponization of personal information to facilitate the stalking, kidnapping, and unjust deportation of our immigrant neighbors and working-class families.

A franchise built on the legacy of anti-fascist revolutions should not be used to launder the reputation of a company that provides the high-tech backbone for ICE’s raids. We refuse to let our Star Wars community be used as a shield for corporate complicity in state violence.

We will not hand over our money to a corporation that sells out our people. Disney/Lucasfilm must dump ReedPop, and RELX must kill its ICE contracts. No more data-mining. No more profiting from the oppression and surveillance of immigrants in the United States. Disney and Lucasfilm MUST ensure their event partners respect the rights of the people. We refuse to let our ticket money fund state-sanctioned violence.