Protest at Santa Clara Hilton Hotel Calls Out Company's Enabling of ICE

An event announcement for the protest read:

**Hilton** has continued to house ICE agents during their reign of terror in Minneapolis. That makes Hilton a key corporate partner enabling ICE to function and profit off the suffering of an entire community. If we can push Hilton to drop ICE, we can remove one pillar of support from ICE operations – and send a clear message to other hotels and corporations that complicity has consequences.

We will meet outside the **Santa Clara Hilton Hotel** to call on Hilton to cut ties with ICE and to stand with communities under attack.

**What to expect:**
– We’ll hold signs and educate folks about Hilton’s role in enabling ICE.
– We’ll share practical information about how to resist ICE harassment and support neighbors facing raids and intimidation.
– We’ll build our “protest muscles” and meet others so that when ICE shows up again, we’re ready to show up too.

We’ve also heard reports of an ICE surge into Santa Clara for Super Bowl weekend. That makes it even more urgent for us to educate ourselves now, practice coming out into the streets together, and start building the relationships we’ll need to protect our neighbors in the weeks ahead.


The action was organized by It's Blue Turn. More information about the group can be found on their website: https://itsblueturn.com/


All photos courtesy of ProBonoPhoto.org/Jesse Kornblum