'Discriminatory'? Minneapolis City Council plays games with liquor licenses for ICE-friendly hotels
The Hilton and Renaissance hotels have already reportedly suffered damage from anti-ICE mobs.
The Minneapolis City Council has voted to delay renewing the liquor licenses of two area hotels believed to have housed federal immigration agents.
On Tuesday, a committee comprising all council members voted 8-5 to delay a decision about renewing the licenses until the February 17 meeting. The committee also voted to schedule a public hearing.
'Why are we setting ourselves up for another legal settlement?'
The two hotels affected by the vote are the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and the Depot Renaissance Hotel.
Some at the meeting expressed misgivings about recent actions by ICE and other immigration agents in the Minneapolis area for Operation Metro Surge, but the five who voted against the delay worry that the city has no grounds to hold up the license renewal
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