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Guardian: ICE Hires Private Security Company Accused of Torture to Help Track Down Undocumented Children

HeadlineMay 06, 2026

The Guardian reports ICE has hired a private security company accused of torture, forced disappearances and child abuse to help track down undocumented immigrant children who came to the United States alone. MVM is a security contractor based in Ashburn, Virginia, that abducted and transported immigrant children under the Trump administration’s first-term family separation policy. The company has been at the center of legal turmoil over reports of child abuse, including detaining children in a vacant office building in Phoenix, Arizona, for weeks in 2018.

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