Over the weekend, anti-ICE projections were displayed across the Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California, reportedly housing ICE agents. One message read, “Marriott takes blood money from ICE,” while the next one read, “Just another day in Amerikkka.” Another more inflammatory projection read, “Brought to you by these p*gs.”Another projection displayed,“Good people killed by the most unf**kable losers on the planet.”In the next message, ICE was compared to “Gestapo,” the official secret state police in N*zi Germany.“Marriott houses the Gestapo. Marriott loves Trump. Marriott devours your tax dollars for fascism,” the projection read.The banners ended with the message, “We beat you before. We will beat you again.”On the evening of November 8, a peaceful protest called “ICE OUT OF MARRIOTT” was also organized in front of the Woodland Hills hotel. Marriott has yet to address the matter.ICE previously used the Marriott hotel chain to detain immigrantsIn August 2025, The Intercept reported that the Sheraton Four Points located on MacArthur Drive in Alexandria, Louisiana, was used by ICE to detain a father and his teenage son for four days following their arrest in New York and before being deported to Ecuador. The hotel was located near a major deportation hub and airport used by the federal agency.Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, rejected the idea in 2019 that its properties were used to detain immigrants or to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during Trump’s first term and calls for a mass roundup of undocumented immigrants. In July 2019, a Marriott spokesperson told ABC News:“Our hotels are not configured to be detention facilities, but to be open to guests and community members as well. While we have no particular insights into whether the US government is considering the use of hotels to aid in the situation at the border, Marriott has made the decision to decline any requests to use our hotels as detention facilities.”The 2025 report by The Intercept, later corroborated by The Guardian, proved otherwise. In fact, another report suggested that two separate families, including three U.S. citizen children, were also housed in one of the Sheraton hotels in Louisiana in April of last year.Back then, the hotel chain told The Guardian that its “acceptance of business” was in no way indicative that it backed Trump’s immigration policies. A Marriott spokesperson stated:“Our hotels provide public accommodation and event space, but are not designed or intended to serve as detention centers. Acceptance of business does not indicate support or endorsement of any group or individual. The property you have reached out about is operated by a third party, not Marriott International.”This was in contrast to Marriott’s franchise policies, which state that the company seeks to do “business” with those who “share our values.” It added:“Our franchisees are an integral part of our business and play a vital role in upholding the reputation of Marriott’s brands for excellence.”It remains unclear whether Marriott had an official contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or whether the detention was on a case-by-case basis.However, according to The Guardian, Marriott sued a New York-based franchise called Pride Hotel LLC in 2024 for an alleged breach of agreement by signing a contract with New York City to house immigrants and asylum seekers without Marriott's consent.