The Immigration Battle Comes, Loudly, to Budget Hotels
“No sleep” protests have used noise and other tactics to target ICE agents at hotels, leaving the owners, often immigrants themselves, caught in the middle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/trav ... dd078b41b5
At hotels from Minneapolis to Maine, crowds are gathering to blow whistles, bang pots and pans, and play drums, often late into the night, to protest ICE agents staying there. In New York, activists took over a Hilton Garden Inn’s lobby. At the same time, right-wing influencers have called out hotels that appear to refuse to rent rooms to ICE agents.
Hotels have emerged as a front line in the conflict over President Trump’s immigration crackdown, with federal agents on one side and, on the other, activists who are trying to force hotels to turn away those agents by making noise, organizing boycotts and booking up rooms only to cancel them at the last minute.
The protests have particularly affected budget hotels affiliated with chains like Hilton and Marriott, hitting the owners of these individual properties, who are typically franchisees and, often, immigrants themselves.
ICE 是美国执法机关的一部分，他们当中可能有个别人员在执行任务时有过失。但明目张胆干涉阻挠执法人员属于犯法行为。 Physically interfering with, obstructing, or impeding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during their official duties is a federal crime. Actions like blocking vehicles, creating physical barriers, or assaulting agents can lead to arrest and prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 111 or obstruction statutes.
他们如果对 ICE 抓捕非法移民有意见，可以游说议员修改现有法案，而不是公然骚扰执法人员。
