RELX PLC
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RELX PLC, through its subsidiary LexisNexis, provides data brokerage and investigative services to U.S. immigration enforcement authorities. The AFSC Investigate database documents that LexisNexis systems are used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to track and locate individuals. This places the company within the infrastructure supporting immigration detention operations. While RELX is not a direct operator of detention facilities, its provision of specialized tools to a government agency engaged in large-scale detention and deportation constitutes material support to that system. The company derives revenue from contracts with these authorities, though the specific financial materiality of this revenue stream within RELX's broader information and analytics business is not publicly detailed in the gathered evidence.
RELX operates LexisNexis Risk Solutions, which provides data analytics and screening services to government agencies. According to AFSC Investigate, the company holds at least 53 contracts with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons between 2008 and 2021, valued at over $9 million. These contracts are for data services that support the operation of the federal prison system.
The company’s Risk Solutions division also markets data and analytics tools to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a key agency in the U.S. immigration enforcement system. By providing data infrastructure to agencies involved in detention and incarceration, RELX materially supports systems that operate within and perpetuate conditions of conflict and systemic violence.
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