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Let’s show Hilton a little love, shall we?

I don’t know how long this will last — I suspect it is a local thing, not from on high at Hilton Corporate — but we can help out by making standing up look profitable and compliance look costly.

More coverage via @servelan:

https://newsie.social/@servelan/115843895183202775

Just to be clear:

This is not just because somebody at Hilton Corporate has a stellar conscience. I mean, somebody there very well might — but that is not the reason for this. Corporations are by and large amoral actors even when the individuals within them are not.

This is surely because of activists banging pots and pans and drum kits outside the Hilton where ICE agents in MSP were staying, making the hotel a nightmare for everyone staying there and thus losing Hilton business.

Keep it up, activists!

@inthehands Oh, that makes sense. I figured it was because they were worried that their employees would wind up deported and they'd have trouble getting new ones, and was surprised that a large corporation would have that much foresight

@Canageek @inthehands
This is also true. ICE has to book under false pretenses for exactly that reason. Most hotels don't want them, at the very least for practical reasons. They absolutely do abduct hotel staff.

With that said, Marriott has a history of collaborating with ICE. There's this article for an example, plus when I see activists banging pots outside a hotel where ICE is staying, more often than not it's a Marriott brand.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/ice-marriott-hotel-detentions