Settlement In Lawsuit Claiming Motel Chain Informed On Guests

Motel 6 has entered into a tentative agreement to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against Latino customers at two Phoenix locations by giving their whereabouts and personal information to immigration agents, who later arrested them. The suit alleges the motel chain had a policy of giving ICE agents information that guests provided at check-in. It claims the information was provided without requiring authorities to get a warrant or without having a reasonable suspicion that crimes were being committed. Last September the company said its Phoenix employees would no longer provide information to immigration authorities, after the Phoenix New Times reported that workers were giving guests’ names to agents who later arrested 20 people on immigration charges. In a tweet, Motel 6 said: “This was implemented at the local level without the knowledge of senior management.”