Hilton Hotels and Resorts removed an independently owned hotel from its system on Tuesday, a day after the Department of Homeland Security posted that it canceled reservations for immigration agents carrying out a deportation surge in Minneapolis.
Both Hilton and Everpeak Hospitality, the company overseeing the Hampton Inn-branded hotel, stated Monday that the matter had been addressed and that immigration agents would not be turned away over their work.
However, in a Tuesday morning statement, Hilton went further, announcing the removal from its brand of the property in Lakeville, Minnesota. The hotel chain cited a video that “clearly raises concerns that [the franchise is] not meeting our standards and values,” apparently referencing footage from conservative commentator Nick Sortor in which a person who appears to be a front desk employee says DHS employees can’t stay at the hotel.
“We are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems,” Hilton said in a statement. “Hilton is — and has always been — a welcoming place for all. We are also engaging with all of our franchises to reinforce the standards we hold them to across our system to help ensure this does not happen again.”
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NOTUS’ calls to the hotel went unanswered, and its website was down at the time of publication.
On Monday, DHS posted screenshots of emails stating the hotel would cancel reservations for immigration agents.
“When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously CANCELLED their reservations,” the agency posted.
“We are not allowing any ICE or immigration agents to stay at our property,” one of the emails in the screenshots states.
Everpeak Hospitality apologized in a statement on Monday. Tricia McLaughlin, DHS’s assistant secretary for public affairs, wrote in an X post Monday that Everpeak Hospitality had not contacted DHS or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The immigration crackdown in Minneapolis began over the weekend and will involve the deployment of thousands of federal agents after President Donald Trump attacked state leaders over welfare fraud cases that allegedly cost the state billions.
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