Marriott Hotels
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Marriott Hotels |
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| Industry | Hospitality; hotels; lodging |
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Headquarters | Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
| Parent company | |
| Status | Active |
| Verification |
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Overview
Marriott Hotels is a major global hotel brand within Marriott International’s portfolio. Marriott’s portfolio includes brands such as Sheraton, Courtyard, Ritz-Carlton, W, and Westin, among others.[1]
Boycott
Marriott Hotels is listed for boycott due to documented reporting that ICE has used a Marriott-branded Sheraton property in Alexandria, Louisiana, to hold migrant families immediately prior to deportation. The Guardian reported that a Sheraton in Alexandria (near a major deportation hub) was used to hold people being deported, citing phone-tracking evidence and on-the-ground sourcing describing the hotel’s use for immigration-related custody/holding activity.[2] Subsequent reporting noted Marriott did not dispute that a hotel in its portfolio had been used to detain families for ICE, and included Marriott’s statement emphasizing the property was operated by a third party (franchisee) and that hotels are “not designed or intended” to function as detention centers.[3]
Marriott’s 2019 public position—reported by ABC News—stated it would decline requests to use its hotels as detention facilities, amid discussion by federal officials of using hotel rooms due to limited detention capacity.[1]
Separately, procurement records show the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued contract awards to “MARRIOTT HOTEL SERVICES LLC,” indicating a direct DHS vendor relationship (distinct from ICE’s operational use of hotels described in reporting).[4]
Background
ICE has repeatedly relied on hotels for short-term holding and staging in the context of transfers and deportations, which can create oversight and due-process concerns when families are held incommunicado or without clear location disclosure. Litigation and reporting in Louisiana in 2025 described families being held in undisclosed locations for days while effectively denied meaningful contact and access to counsel, in the context of ICE family enforcement operations.[5] Public reporting has also documented broader controversies and public pressure campaigns aimed at hotel chains over cooperation with immigration enforcement lodging needs.[6]
Because hotel use can materially support detention, transfer, and deportation logistics (including staging and holding of families), ICE List documents and, where applicable, boycotts companies whose facilities or services are used in ways that support immigration enforcement operations.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [Marriott, Choice hotels say they would not serve as detention centers after ICE raids | ABC News] (Jul. 12, 2019)
- ↑ [Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate | The Guardian] (Aug. 19, 2025)
- ↑ [Marriott does not deny a hotel in its portfolio was used to detain families for Ice | The Guardian] (Aug. 21, 2025)
- ↑ [CONTRACT to MARRIOTT HOTEL SERVICES LLC | USAspending.gov]
- ↑ [Complaint (filed Jul. 31, 2025) | National Immigration Project / Court filing PDF]
- ↑ [U.S. hotels caught in fight over housing detained migrants | MPR News (AP)] (Jul. 21, 2019)