Hotel giant Marriott International has filed a lawsuit against one of its franchisees for agreeing to shelter migrants at a New York City hotel, The Western Journal reported.

The lawsuit, which seeks $2.6 million in damages, alleges that Pride Hotel in the city’s Jamaica neighborhood abandoned and violated its contract after obtaining “a lucrative government contract” allowing the city to house migrants and asylum seekers in its facilities.

“After more than eight years of construction and development caused by numerous delays by Pride Hotel, and just months before its deadline to open the Hotels, Pride Hotel willfully breached the Franchise Agreements so it could instead pursue a lucrative government contract to provide shelter to migrants and asylum seekers,” the suit reads.

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