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ICE hires MVM for immigrant child checks amid torture lawsuit

5/3/2026

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ICE awarded MVM Inc a contract in April 2026 to conduct wellness checks on immigrant children.
Advocates say the checks aim to locate children and sponsors for arrest or deportation, not welfare protection.
A 2024 lawsuit by fathers alleges MVM participated in torture and disappearance of their children under the Trump-era policy.
In August 2025 Watch reported MVM locked a woman and baby in a Chicago hotel for five days.

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Story summary

ICE awarded MVM Inc a contract in April 2026 to conduct wellness checks on immigrant children.
Advocates say the checks aim to locate children and sponsors for arrest or deportation, not welfare protection.
A 2024 lawsuit by fathers alleges MVM participated in torture and disappearance of their children under the Trump-era policy.
In August 2025 Watch reported MVM locked a woman and baby in a Chicago hotel for five days.