A Hilton hotel near Minneapolis was put on blast by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday for refusing to honor reservations for ICE agents. After an online firestorm, Hilton Hotels got involved and spoke to the property’s owner, who was forced to put out a statement saying that ICE agents would be welcome on property. But they continued to refuse bookings for the Department of Homeland Security.
UPDATE: In an additional statement to @FoxNews, Hilton says they’ve been directly in touch the independent ownership of the hotel & they have apologized for the actions of their team & have taken immediate action to rectify the situation.
Statement from Everpeak (ownership). pic.twitter.com/lVduljeS1d
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 5, 2026
However, after the hotel put out this statement a citizen journalist showed up at the hotel looking to make a reservation under a government rate, suggesting it would be for the Department of Homeland Security.
- They were refused the booking
- And the front desk clerk said they’d spoken with the owner within the past ’15 minutes’ confirming they’re not to accept DHS employees as guests.
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: I went into the Minnesota Hilton who “apologized” for banning DHS agents, and EXPOSED them for CONTINUING to ban DHS agents@HiltonHotels has decided they want the FULL BUDLIGHT treatment at this point.
Hilton’s operator, Everpeak, STRAIGHT UP LIED in… pic.twitter.com/3g97P7okpz
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 6, 2026
Hilton Hotels, for its part, now says the hotel is being removed from the system.
Statement from Hilton on a recent video pic.twitter.com/W8DWUTWD7f
— Hilton Newsroom (@HiltonNewsroom) January 6, 2026
They’re also forcing all franchisees to honor reservations for ICE agents, because Hilton “is – and always has been – a welcoming place for all.”
In fact, during the first Trump administration, Marriott, Hilton, and Choice hotels refused to serve as detention centers to temporarily house people picked up in immigration raids.
Hilton also told the federal government to stop using its hotels to house children detained at the border. Although some Hilton properties continued housing migrant families early in the Biden administration.
Now, though, anti-ICE protests may resonate in Minneapolis but don’t travel as well nationally. And businesses are afraid of the Trump administration. Hence, we’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
