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Attorneys Suspect Motel 6 Calling ICE on Undocumented Guests

18 points by leephillips 9y ago

larrik 9y ago
Yes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/motel-6-admits-immigration-reports_us_59b9e79be4b086432b04471f http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/motel-6-admits-immigrati...
pavlov 9y ago
"We send a report every morning to ICE — all the names of everybody that comes in. Every morning at about 5 o’clock, we do the audit and we push a button and it sends it to ICE." Freedom-loving right wing patriots are turning America into East Germany. The irony burns like acid.
- golemotron 9y ago
  Not a great analogy. In East Germany the wall was to keep people in.
- slamdance 9y ago
  It started under Obama, but keep up the Left-Right narrative. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150418/11370530715/motel-decides-it-should-just-start-faxing-all-guest-info-to-local-police-every-night.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150418/11370530715/motel...
mikeash 9y ago
It is fascinating how strongly some people react to illegal immigrants. Does Motel 6 hand over their guest list to local police so they can check to see if any of them are wanted for murder or rape? Nope! But being in the country illegally? Can't have that! I wonder what the false positive rate is. If I had a common Hispanic name like, say, José Sanchez, I'd stay the hell away from Motel 6. Who knows where I might end up.
- chiph 9y ago
  They (allegedly) send the full list in. The cops are not only looking for citizenship clues, but also outstanding warrants. So if you're behind on child support, or have unpaid parking tickets - stay somewhere else.
  - mikeash 9y ago
    They send the full list to ICE. Does ICE check that list for all outstanding warrants, including things not related to immigration? That would be going well beyond their mandate if so.
- phkahler 9y ago
  >> Does Motel 6 hand over their guest list to local police so they can check to see if any of them are wanted for murder or rape? Nope! But being in the country illegally? Can't have that! Everyone has their thing, and they are here illegally - not just undocumentedly as the media keeps trying to repaint it. But I'm curious who they hire for housekeeping at motel 6, I suspect they may be using the same type of people they are reporting and that would IMHO be rather umm... Choose your words for that. They might also call the local police if a guy with some young girls was staying there with a constant string of men dropping by. You don't know that illegals are the only ones they like to report.
  - mikeash 9y ago
    They're not reporting suspected illegal immigrants to ICE. They're sending their entire guest list to ICE every day. This is quite different from calling the cops when you have some actual reason to suspect a crime is in progress.
- flachsechs 9y ago
  > Does Motel 6 hand over their guest list to local police so they can check to see if any of them are wanted for murder or rape? Nope! well, apparently, yes, they were. this is just how arizona does things.

18 points by leephillips 9y ago

Yes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/motel-6-admits-immigration-reports_us_59b9e79be4b086432b04471f http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/motel-6-admits-immigrati...

pavlov 9y ago

"We send a report every morning to ICE — all the names of everybody that comes in. Every morning at about 5 o’clock, we do the audit and we push a button and it sends it to ICE." Freedom-loving right wing patriots are turning America into East Germany. The irony burns like acid.

golemotron 9y ago
Not a great analogy. In East Germany the wall was to keep people in.
slamdance 9y ago
It started under Obama, but keep up the Left-Right narrative. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150418/11370530715/motel-decides-it-should-just-start-faxing-all-guest-info-to-local-police-every-night.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150418/11370530715/motel...

mikeash 9y ago

It is fascinating how strongly some people react to illegal immigrants. Does Motel 6 hand over their guest list to local police so they can check to see if any of them are wanted for murder or rape? Nope! But being in the country illegally? Can't have that! I wonder what the false positive rate is. If I had a common Hispanic name like, say, José Sanchez, I'd stay the hell away from Motel 6. Who knows where I might end up.

chiph 9y ago
They (allegedly) send the full list in. The cops are not only looking for citizenship clues, but also outstanding warrants. So if you're behind on child support, or have unpaid parking tickets - stay somewhere else.
- mikeash 9y ago
  They send the full list to ICE. Does ICE check that list for all outstanding warrants, including things not related to immigration? That would be going well beyond their mandate if so.
phkahler 9y ago
>> Does Motel 6 hand over their guest list to local police so they can check to see if any of them are wanted for murder or rape? Nope! But being in the country illegally? Can't have that! Everyone has their thing, and they are here illegally - not just undocumentedly as the media keeps trying to repaint it. But I'm curious who they hire for housekeeping at motel 6, I suspect they may be using the same type of people they are reporting and that would IMHO be rather umm... Choose your words for that. They might also call the local police if a guy with some young girls was staying there with a constant string of men dropping by. You don't know that illegals are the only ones they like to report.
- mikeash 9y ago
  They're not reporting suspected illegal immigrants to ICE. They're sending their entire guest list to ICE every day. This is quite different from calling the cops when you have some actual reason to suspect a crime is in progress.
flachsechs 9y ago
> Does Motel 6 hand over their guest list to local police so they can check to see if any of them are wanted for murder or rape? Nope! well, apparently, yes, they were. this is just how arizona does things.