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RandySF

(59,226 posts)
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 03:47 PM Jul 2019

Major hotel chains pledge not to let ICE use rooms as backup immigration detention facilities

Major hotel chains headquartered in the Washington, D.C., area pledged not to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to use its hotel rooms as backup detention centers for immigrants targeted in this weekend’s raids.

“Our hotels are not configured to be detention facilities, but to be open to guests and community members as well,” Marriott International wrote in a statement dated Thursday. “While we have no particular insights into whether the U.S. government is considering the use of hotels to aid in the situation at the border, Marriott has made the decision to decline any requests to use our hotels as detention facilities.”

Choice Hotels, a D.C.-area company that owns 11 hotel chain brands including Quality Inn, echoed Marriott’s statement, saying Thursday that it’s asked its franchised hotels to “only be used for their intended purpose.”

“We are not aware that any of our franchised hotels, all of which are independently owned and operated, are being asked to serve as detention facilities,” the company’s statement reads. “We do not believe hotels should be used in this way and will decline any requests to do so.”


https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/452851-major-hotel-chains-pledge-not-to-let-ice-use-rooms-as-backup?rnd=1562962811

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Major hotel chains pledge not to let ICE use rooms as backup immigration detention facilities (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2019 OP
Well, seems like an obvious 'win/win' for them ... something of a 'no-brainer' if you will. mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #1
If the going rate for internees is $750.00 a day, the so ice bastards justhanginon Jul 2019 #2
OK. Now if they'll promise to stop sharing their guest data with ICE everything will be lovely. n/t TygrBright Jul 2019 #3
Put them in IQ45's DC hotel. He needs the money. sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #4
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Well, seems like an obvious 'win/win' for them ... something of a 'no-brainer' if you will.
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 03:52 PM
Jul 2019

I'd like to assign them some 'credit', but I don't think any honest 'virtue' is what's really 'behind' this particular decision, unfortunately.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
2. If the going rate for internees is $750.00 a day, the so ice bastards
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 04:16 PM
Jul 2019

could put four to eight in a room and the hotel, motel could be making $3000 to $6000.00 a day. Pretty good rate for a hotel, motel. Glad they passed for whatever their reasons. This shit gets more ridiculous by the day

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