The Minneapolis City Council is weighing whether to deny liquor license renewals for two hotels that have housed federal immigration and Border Patrol agents.
The council is considering denying renewals to the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel, which have seen protests amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Union representatives say hotel workers have been living in fear while trying to do their jobs, saying they’re not allowed to go to certain parts of the hotel for their own safety.
Later on Tuesday, independent journalist Georgia Fort pleaded not guilty on charges related to an anti-ICE demonstration at a Twin Cities church. Fort was arrested Jan. 30 after documenting a protest at a St. Paul church after activists discovered one of the pastors works locally for ICE.
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