US hotels caught in fight over housing detained migrants
Dee-ann Durbin, Ap Business Writer Updated 11:12 pm CDT, Sunday, July 21, 2019
DETROIT (AP) — There's a new target in the clash over immigration: hotels.
Advocacy groups and unions are pressuring Marriott, MGM and others not to house migrants who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
For decades, the U.S. government has occasionally detained migrants in hotels, and Acting ICE Director Matthew Albence says it might have to split up families if hotels don't help.
It's the latest example of a private industry caught in the political fray of an overtaxed immigration system.
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