ICE Hired a Firm Accused of Torture to Track Children — Then Called It a Wellness Check

ICE hired MVM Inc. to help locate unaccompanied children, even as the company faces a federal lawsuit alleging torture and enforced disappearance.

MVM Inc., a private security contractor, was awarded an ICE contract to help locate unaccompanied immigrant children through what the agency calls “wellness checks.”

ICE is expanding one of the most alarming parts of the immigration enforcement system: the tracking of unaccompanied immigrant children who entered the United States alone and were later rel…