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#NoHotelsForICE THREAD 👇🏾
It's important to remember that even though immigration raids are not happening at the scale Trump said they would be, ICE is still launching indiscriminate round ups in areas with high immigrant populations.
It's important to remember that even though immigration raids are not happening at the scale Trump said they would be, ICE is still launching indiscriminate round ups in areas with high immigrant populations.
With detention centers grossly overcrowded, ICE agents are planning to use hotels to temporarily detain immigrants they capture.
And it's not the first time ICE has used this tactic.
And it's not the first time ICE has used this tactic.
At least 7 hotel chains have collaborated with ICE in the past.
As consumers and customers, we have the power to throw a wrench in ICE operations by forcing hotel chains to cut ties with the agency.
As consumers and customers, we have the power to throw a wrench in ICE operations by forcing hotel chains to cut ties with the agency.
Our activism is already working.
Several hotels, including @MarriottIntl, @HiltonHotels, @ChoiceHotels, and @Hyatt are doing the right thing and pledging to reject ICE requests to jail immigrants on their properties.
We need to push other hotel chains to do the same.
Several hotels, including @MarriottIntl, @HiltonHotels, @ChoiceHotels, and @Hyatt are doing the right thing and pledging to reject ICE requests to jail immigrants on their properties.
We need to push other hotel chains to do the same.
Sign the petition 👇🏾 & demand that U.S. hotel chains refuse to let ICE use their properties as jails for immigrants.#NoHotelsforICE
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