After ICE made 20 arrests of illegal migrants at Motel 6 in the Phoenix area, a class-action lawsuit was brought against the motel chain for illegally sharing their clients’ personal information with immigration authorities:
Motel 6 has reportedly agreed to pay up to $7.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit after the chain was accused of sharing Hispanic guests’ personal information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Earlier this year, the chain was sued by former guests who alleged Motel 6 gave their private information to ICE, the Washington Post reported. The lawsuit came after a report by the Phoenix News Times stating at least 20 arrests were made by ICE agents at two Phoenix Motel 6’s between February and August. The motels were located in regions with a high Hispanic population.
As part of the agreement, the motel has agreed to pay up to $5.6 million to patrons who “were placed in immigration-removal proceedings” while paying up to $1 million to guests who were interrogated and up to an additional $1 million to patrons whose information was shared with authorities, court documents stated, according to the Washington Post. The motel will cover the former patrons’ legal fees.
Motel 6 told Fox News that, “as part of the agreement, Motel 6 has implemented additional controls to protect private information and enhance corporate oversight in cases where law enforcement requests information, including when lawful requests are made.”
The court needs to approve the settlement.
“Plaintiffs and Motel 6 have filed a proposed settlement agreement that would resolve the lawsuit between the two parties if it is approved by the district court. In September 2017, when this issue emerged, the company launched an investigation and issued a clear directive to all locations nationwide, emphasizing that the practice is prohibited. Motel 6 fully recognizes the seriousness of the situation and accepts full responsibility for both compensating those who were harmed and taking the necessary steps to ensure that we protect the privacy of our guests,” Motel 6 and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund said in a joint statement to Fox News.
MALDEF represented the plaintiffs, who were eight people that were detained last year at two motels in the Phoenix area, in the lawsuit. MALDEF filed the lawsuit in January after it alleged the motel shared Latino guest’s private information including their passports to ICE agents with no warrants.
It is remarkable that these illegal border jumpers have any right to privacy whatsoever in the United States; after all, they entered this country illegally, which is a Federal felony charge. They are not citizens and therefore should not be afforded the same constitutional guarantees to privacy that citizens have. Why bother even becoming a citizen if you have the same status as a citizen even if you are here illegally?
Do we really have to ask what group of termites have subverted our legal system to elevate illegal felons to lawful citizens?
And what sort of identification did these illegals provide the motel when they checked in? While they don’t need ID to vote in Arizona these days, they still need ID to check into a motel. And obviously whatever ID they furnished looked very suspicious to the motel management, which is what prompted them to call ICE in the first place. See a crime, report it, except where it’s illegal Mexicans apparently.
A private business no longer has the right to not have suspected felons staying with them. If you suspect that a Latino patron is breaking the law, then chances are you’re a racist.
Wonder who could be paying the fees for the illegals to sue?
Well, apparently these Latinos have easier access to U.S. law firms than we do. Hell, we’re being sued by Hondurans who aren’t even in the country yet through a U.S. law firm… but they don’t have enough money to support themselves in their own country. What am I missing?