Amidst the chaos unfolding in Minneapolis over anti-ICE protests, now there’s an added wrinkle for federal agents to contend with: a paucity of available lodging.
NEW: I’m told multiple ICE agents with rooms booked at the St. Paul Downtown Doubletree by Hilton received this notice today that their rooms are being cancelled & the hotel will temporarily close “due to heightened public safety concerns in St. Paul.”
I called the hotel & checked online & they are indeed not taking any bookings right now. They referred me to other hotels.
I’m told this also happened today at the Intercontinental St. Paul, with ICE agents with bookings there notified the hotel will be temporarily closing today due to the ongoing unrest in Minnesota.
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Now, at first blush, the decision by these hotels to close temporarily might arguably be understandable from a safety/security standpoint, given the current atmosphere in Minneapolis. However, as Melugin notes, per NewsNation’s Ali Bradley, there’s some indication that ICE agents’ reservations are receiving different treatment from regular guests.
NEW: “Due to heightened public safety concerns in St. Paul, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our hotel…” Several hotels are now closing in the Twin Cities because of safety concerns—The Double Tree downtown St. Paul sliding this notification under the door of some guests.
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It is a franchised owned by SP Hotels—I have reached out to the company and Hilton as well. I have not heard back.
Either way, it calls to mind the recent incident involving another Minneapolis-area hotel (and now former Hilton franchisee), which we brought to you two weeks ago.
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That’s bad for business, bad for Minneapolis, and bad for law and order. It’s unfortunate that city and state “leadership” have opted to give in to and further encourage the mob rather than cooperate with federal law enforcement partners.
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