• by Nina Lentini , January 4, 2018

After Washington State’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against the budget motel chain for allegedly providing Latino-sounding names to federal immigration officials, consumers took to Twitter in protest.

“New slogan: We’ll shine the light on you,” tweeted @Minuteman04, referring to the company’s iconic “We’ll leave the light on for you” slogan.

Washington AG Bob Ferguson told the Seattle Times that employees of the  motel gave names, birth dates, driver’s license numbers and car plate along with room numbers to more than 9,000 guests to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents without a warrant.

While Motel 6 said it is cooperating with the investigation, it added that in September it told its operators they were prohibited from voluntarily disclosing such information.