Crane removes Hampton Inn By Hilton sign from Minnesota hotel that allegedly denied service to DHS, ICE agents

Photos emerged Thursday showing a crane removing the motion of a Hampton Inn edifice successful the Minneapolis country that allegedly refused to accommodate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and migration officers. 

The formerly Hilton-branded spot successful Lakeville was stripped of its Hilton statement by the edifice concatenation connected Tuesday greeting aft a video surfaced appearing to amusement that the determination continued to contradict migration officers contempt Hilton Hotels saying that the venue had apologized and that "properties are unfastened to everyone, and we bash not tolerate immoderate signifier of discrimination."   

The images showed the motion being lifted disconnected its supports by a crane acceptable up successful the hotel’s parking lot. 

Hilton did not instantly respond to a petition for remark Thursday from Fox News Digital. It’s unclear who is present operating the hotel. A telephone fig linked to the spot appeared to beryllium disconnected erstwhile called.

MINNESOTA HOTEL REMOVED FROM APPROVED FEDERAL LODGING LIST AFTER ALLEGEDLY REFUSING TO ACCOMMODATE ICE AGENTS

Signage is removed from the Hampton Inn by Hilton successful Lakeville, Minn., connected Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. The edifice is astatine the halfway of a contention implicit the accommodation of ICE agents. (Alpha News)

The General Services Administration (GSA) said earlier this week that it is terminating the Hampton Inn Lakeville successful Minnesota from its database of approved lodging sites for each national employees. 

Several emails posted by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE connected Monday showed that the edifice was "not allowing immoderate ICE oregon migration agents to enactment astatine our property." 

"After I was informed that a section Hilton spot canceled rooms reserved for ICE, GSA instantly reviewed the substance and recovered the edifice to beryllium successful wide usurpation of its authorities lodging programme requirements," GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "The spot has been removed from the programs and booking tools effectual immediately. GSA unequivocally supports our national instrumentality enforcement partners."

HILTON CUTS TIES WITH MINNESOTA HOTEL OWNER

Signage was removed from the Hampton Inn by Hilton successful Lakeville, Minn., connected Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. The edifice is astatine the halfway of a contention implicit the accommodation of ICE agents. (Alpha News)

The GSA is simply a national bureau liable for managing and supporting the basal functioning of national agencies. The edifice participated successful a authorities lodging programme partnership, known arsenic GSA FedRooms, betwixt national employees and the location. 

Hilton Hotels noted successful its archetypal connection that the Hampton Inn Lakeville is independently owned and operated and said that officials from the spot took "immediate enactment to resoluteness this substance and are contacting impacted guests to guarantee they are accommodated."

However, a viral video posted to X by freelance writer Nick Sortor Tuesday greeting showed an worker astatine the antagonistic continuing to contradict national agents, going against Hilton’s statement. 

The GSA removed a Minnesota Hampton Inn from each national lodging programs aft the edifice allegedly refused to accommodate ICE and migration agents. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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"A caller video intelligibly raises concerns that they are not gathering our standards and values," Hilton Hotels said successful a statement. "As such, we are taking contiguous enactment to region this edifice from our systems. Hilton is — and has ever been — a welcoming spot for all."