Protest at Golden State Fur Con says Hilton houses ICE, gives you “a room covered in blood”
by Patch O'Furr
Source: breakicela – Protest March 15, 12-6 at LAX Hilton
Hilton collaborates with ICE while states and civil rights groups sue
When you rent a room at Hilton, you’re contributing to one of the most valuable hotel corporations in the world, worth around $70 billion. With that power, the brand has thrown their weight behind ICE operations that violate the US Constitution.
Hilton hotels hosted ICE agents in Minnesota while they murdered people like Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, and illegally kidnapped people off the street. In response to the brutality, Minnesota is suing the Department of Homeland Security for violating the constitution. It joins numerous fellow lawsuits from states, counties, and civil rights advocates like the ACLU.
Hotels that serve ICE have become “part of the front lines of local resistance“, according to an article from The American Prospect: ‘No Sleep for ICE’ Campaigns Expand. Hilton “has found itself in the crosshairs of local residents who are unequivocally fed up with the hotel chain for its role in what they see as enabling state violence against their communities.” Pressure has grown from Minnesota, to solidarity protests from the east coast to the west, New York to California.
What happens when event management comes in conflict with member values, when events are already in motion, with contracts signed, tickets sold and travel plans made? Let’s look at two cases.
Depression of the furry economy.