A Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice. The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in …
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United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that five people were charged by complaint for a range of federal violations that center around their alleged conspiracy to engage in labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and harboring of aliens at several hotel locations across the Omaha metro area and into central Nebraska. The defendants own, operate and manage several hotels in the …
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An OMAAT reader asked me an interesting question about staying at a hotel at the same time as a controversial conference being hosted there. I know how I feel about this, and I’m curious to hear how others feel… Guest surprised by conference being hosted at hotel I received a message from a reader who is staying at a Marriott …
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