NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters were arrested Tuesday after they occupied the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan, accusing the hotel of housing federal immigration officers. A person who answered the phone at the hotel declined to comment. An email to Hilton’s press office was not returned Tuesday night. It was not immediately clear if immigration officers were staying at the hotel, and Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated that this information would not be disclosed. The protest occurred amidst a massive immigration operation carried out by President Trump's administration that has spurred widespread opposition, resulting in two deaths in Minneapolis this month. Hotel chains such as Hilton have often struggled to manage the conflict during the immigration crackdown and the resultant protests. Protesters filled the small lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Manhattan, wearing shirts that read “Hilton houses ICE” and demanding the hotel stop accommodating federal immigration officers. According to a spokesperson for the New York Police Department, officers ordered the crowd to disperse before arresting the protesters who remained in the lobby. It was not immediately clear how many were arrested, although an AP photographer witnessed dozens being detained and loaded onto buses outside the hotel.