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{{Company Page

|name=Best Western

|name=Best Western (BWH Hotels)

|industry=Hospitality; hotel franchising

|image=BWestern.png

|country=United States

|founded=1946

|headquarters=Phoenix, Arizona, United States

|status=Active

|boycott_reason=Best Western is listed for boycott due to documented partnerships and operational involvement connected to U.S. immigration enforcement, including participation in ICE’s “IMAGE” (ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers) program and the documented use of Best Western–branded hotels to house people held under ICE custody through DHS/ICE hotel-detention contracting.

|verification=Verified

}}

== Overview ==

Best Western (operating under the BWH Hotels umbrella) is a U.S.-based hospitality enterprise that franchises and licenses multiple hotel brands worldwide, with corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref name="BWHOverview">[https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/about/press-media/best-western-overview.html Overview | BWH Hotels]</ref>

== Boycott ==

Best Western is listed for boycott due to documented ties to U.S. immigration enforcement, including:

* '''Participation in ICE’s employer-partnership program (IMAGE).''' ICE has publicly described Best Western International as among employers partnering with ICE through the IMAGE employment compliance program.<ref name="ICEEmployersIMAGE">[https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/several-major-us-employers-join-ice-employment-compliance-program ICE press release: “Several major U.S. employers join ICE employment compliance program”]</ref><ref name="LexologyIMAGE">[https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e7c053a3-8878-4f09-8d3b-d3b746df1b04 ICE announces several major employers have signed up for IMAGE | Lexology]</ref>

* '''Use of Best Western–branded hotels for ICE custody via DHS/ICE hotel contracting.''' Reporting and oversight materials describe ICE using hotels to hold migrant families, including an El Paso Best Western property associated with the Endeavors contract and related oversight scrutiny regarding costs, unused beds, and detention standards in hotel-based custody settings.<ref name="KLAQElPaso">[https://klaq.com/ice-is-using-an-el-paso-hotel-to-house-migrant-families/ ICE is using an El Paso hotel to house migrant families | KLAQ] (Apr. 13, 2021)</ref><ref name="BlackburnLetter">[https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2021/3/blackburn-questions-dhs-ice-86-9-million-hotel-contract-after-questionable-irs-tax-filings Blackburn Questions DHS-ICE $86.9 Million Hotel Contract | Sen. Blackburn] (Mar. 30, 2021)</ref><ref name="HousePhase5">[https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Phase-5.pdf House Homeland Security Committee report (Phase 5 PDF)] (Dec. 21, 2023)</ref><ref name="UCLACovidHotels">[https://uclacovidbehindbars.org/ice-detention-hotels/ ICE detention hotels (UCLA COVID Behind Bars)] (Sept. 23, 2022)</ref>

== Background ==

ICE and DHS have used a range of contracted facilities and services for detention and related operations, including hotel-based custody in specific circumstances, alongside employer-facing partnerships such as IMAGE. Because these relationships can support detention capacity and enforcement operations, ICE List documents and, where applicable, boycotts companies and brands whose operations or formal partnerships materially support immigration enforcement activity.

== Sources ==

[[Category:Boycott]]

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 {{Company Page
-|name=Best Western
+|name=Best Western (BWH Hotels)
+|industry=Hospitality; hotel franchising
+|image=BWestern.png
+|country=United States
+|founded=1946
+|headquarters=Phoenix, Arizona, United States
 |status=Active
+|boycott_reason=Best Western is listed for boycott due to documented partnerships and operational involvement connected to U.S. immigration enforcement, including participation in ICE’s “IMAGE” (ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers) program and the documented use of Best Western–branded hotels to house people held under ICE custody through DHS/ICE hotel-detention contracting.
+|verification=Verified
 }}
 == Overview ==
+Best Western (operating under the BWH Hotels umbrella) is a U.S.-based hospitality enterprise that franchises and licenses multiple hotel brands worldwide, with corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref name="BWHOverview">[https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/about/press-media/best-western-overview.html Overview | BWH Hotels]</ref>
 == Boycott ==
+Best Western is listed for boycott due to documented ties to U.S. immigration enforcement, including:
+* '''Participation in ICE’s employer-partnership program (IMAGE).''' ICE has publicly described Best Western International as among employers partnering with ICE through the IMAGE employment compliance program.<ref name="ICEEmployersIMAGE">[https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/several-major-us-employers-join-ice-employment-compliance-program ICE press release: “Several major U.S. employers join ICE employment compliance program”]</ref><ref name="LexologyIMAGE">[https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e7c053a3-8878-4f09-8d3b-d3b746df1b04 ICE announces several major employers have signed up for IMAGE | Lexology]</ref>
+* '''Use of Best Western–branded hotels for ICE custody via DHS/ICE hotel contracting.''' Reporting and oversight materials describe ICE using hotels to hold migrant families, including an El Paso Best Western property associated with the Endeavors contract and related oversight scrutiny regarding costs, unused beds, and detention standards in hotel-based custody settings.<ref name="KLAQElPaso">[https://klaq.com/ice-is-using-an-el-paso-hotel-to-house-migrant-families/ ICE is using an El Paso hotel to house migrant families | KLAQ] (Apr. 13, 2021)</ref><ref name="BlackburnLetter">[https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2021/3/blackburn-questions-dhs-ice-86-9-million-hotel-contract-after-questionable-irs-tax-filings Blackburn Questions DHS-ICE $86.9 Million Hotel Contract | Sen. Blackburn] (Mar. 30, 2021)</ref><ref name="HousePhase5">[https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Phase-5.pdf House Homeland Security Committee report (Phase 5 PDF)] (Dec. 21, 2023)</ref><ref name="UCLACovidHotels">[https://uclacovidbehindbars.org/ice-detention-hotels/ ICE detention hotels (UCLA COVID Behind Bars)] (Sept. 23, 2022)</ref>
 == Background ==
+ICE and DHS have used a range of contracted facilities and services for detention and related operations, including hotel-based custody in specific circumstances, alongside employer-facing partnerships such as IMAGE. Because these relationships can support detention capacity and enforcement operations, ICE List documents and, where applicable, boycotts companies and brands whose operations or formal partnerships materially support immigration enforcement activity.
 == Sources ==
+<references />
 [[Category:Boycott]]