ICE contractor MVM Inc. detained Valentina Galvis and her infant son at the Sonesta O’Hare hotel in Chicago for five days in June 2025, continuing the practice of using commercial hotels as unofficial detention centers. MVM employee JoAnna Granado transported them from the hotel. Investigation …
Associated Press reporting in July and August 2020, along with litigation by the Texas Civil Rights Project, revealed DHS contractors held migrant children, some as young as 1, in hotels (including Hampton Inns) without standard child‑welfare protections under the Title 42 expulsion policy. …
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Private security contractor MVM Inc. detained migrant children in Hampton Inn hotels across Arizona and Texas border cities before expelling them under Title 42. The company held at least 29 children in hotels in April 2020, increasing to 80 by May, with children as young as 1 year old detained …
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