Motel 6 Under Fire for Respecting Laws (calling ICE)

[DBTrek]

‘Leave the light on — for ICE’: Motel 6 employees reported guests to immigration officials

The Motel 6 budget lodging chain is commonly associated with its longtime slogan of welcoming hospitality: “We’ll leave the light on.”

But for immigration attorneys in the Phoenix area, the motel chain has become the site of a troubling string of immigration arrests. And according to a report published Wednesday by the Phoenix New Times, employees at two Motel 6 locations may have been sending guest information directly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

After the story published, Motel 6 released a statement saying the practice was “implemented at the local level without the knowledge of senior management.”

“When we became aware of it last week, it was discontinued,” Motel 6 wrote in the statement posted on Twitter and Facebook.


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. . . and of course, huge backlash from progressives. You can read comments, or scn Twitter, but it's nothing new or surprising. They are furious, FURIOUS, that a motel in a border state would DARE alert the authorities when people from the neighboring nation are illegally crossing. THE OUTRAGE!

Pffft.

[Fife]

The market can handle this issue pretty well.

Most people expect peace and quiet from their innkeeper in exchange for their hard-earned shekels.

Motel 6 isn't doing itself any favors by re-branding as the Panopticon Inn.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Panopticon Inn.

"We'll leave the light on for you."

[Speaker to Animals]

The market can handle this issue pretty well.

Most people expect peace and quiet from their innkeeper in exchange for their hard-earned shekels.

Motel 6 isn't doing itself any favors by re-branding as the Panopticon Inn.

Disagree. Most people don't want thieves rummaging through their vehicles in the middle of the night or to be exposed to criminals. Motel 6 made it clear that criminals are not welcome there. If you want the third world experience, then maybe drive a few miles down the road to book your night at motel la hacienda.

[DBTrek]

The market can handle this issue pretty well.

Most people expect peace and quiet from their innkeeper in exchange for their hard-earned shekels.

Motel 6 isn't doing itself any favors by re-branding as the Panopticon Inn.

Most people who are on the lam, or in the midst of a criminal enterprise, would do well to keep a low profile, eh?
Like, probably a lower profile than advertising their criminal status to the businesses they're planning o hide from the law in.

But damn that Motel 6.


Tell 'em, Fife - if Pablo Escobar gives you $30 for a room you say "yessir" and STFU.
Because $30 is a reasonable fee to aid and abet any crime, right?

[Speaker to Animals]

To be fair, if Pablo Escobar decided to stay at my motel, I'd shut the fuck up so that my family lives.

[DBTrek]

To be fair, if Pablo Escobar decided to stay at my motel, I'd shut the fuck up so that my family lives.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

“We send a report every morning to ICE — all the names of everybody that comes in,” one front-desk clerk told the New Times.

Them wily illegals aren't exactly advertising their status.

If you aren't a criminal, then you shouldn't mind though, right?

[Fife]

I'm talking about a business decision by a low-rate motel firm. Not the Four Seasons, not even Holiday Inn -- Motel 6.

Is being the "see-something, say-something" provider going to help them get yuge market share?

Now, if you want to pass a law requiring innkeepers to act like banks have to act nowadays in snooping into their customers' business, call your Congressman I guess.

I really think somedays some of you all really do want to live in the Panopticon. Why are you all so shook the fuck up?

[DBTrek]

“We send a report every morning to ICE — all the names of everybody that comes in,” one front-desk clerk told the New Times.

Them wily illegals aren't exactly advertising their status.

If you aren't a criminal, then you shouldn't mind though, right?

The most bizarre use of the "If you're not a criminal" argument I've ever seen leveraged.

"But if you're not a criminal then you shouldn't mind your information being sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement"?

You shouldn't mind even if you are a criminal - as long as you're a legal resident, right?