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ICE Hires Private Security Firm MVM to Track Migrant Children Amid Torture Allegations

ICE has contracted with Virginia-based private security firm MVM to locate migrant children who arrived in the US without parents, despite the company facing torture allegations. MVM is being sued over the 2017 separation of two Guatemalan fathers from their children, with the lawsuit alleging torture, enforced disappearance, and cruel treatment. A DHS spokesperson defended the partnership as focused on child welfare checks, while Democratic lawmaker Delia Ramirez criticized the arrangement as reckless.