Hilton says it will drop Minnesota hotel that canceled immigration agents’ rooms
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Hilton is removing an independent hotel operator in Minnesota from its network.
The hotel had previously said it wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there, but later apologized. Hilton and local operators of the Hampton Inn Lakeville property released statements within hours apologizing and said the messages refusing to serve agents who were focused on immigration enforcement didn’t reflect their policies.
However, in a statement, Hilton Hotels said they had concerns the local hotel was not “meeting our standards and values,” reads the statement. “As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems.”
In a social media post, DHS posted screenshots of a message sent Friday from a Hilton email address saying that immigration agents would not be allowed to stay at the hotel about 20 miles south of Minneapolis, and that their reservation was canceled.
“When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously CANCELLED their reservations,” DHS said in the post, accusing Hilton Hotels of deliberately undermining and impeding law enforcement from enforcing immigration laws.
Hampton Inn locations are under the Hilton brand, but a Hilton representative said the property is independently operated. The majority of Hampton Inns are owned and operated by franchisees.
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