2/ The same neighbor, Bill Weaver, captured video of up to twenty children around the MVM office last month. He shared those videos with Reveal yesterday. Like neighbors from the first office, Weaver also saw dark-haired children in blue and white sweatsuits.
3/ Two weeks ago, MVM told us it didn’t operate any shelters. A week later, the private ICE contractor acknowledged it sometimes held immigrant children overnight. Now, they’ve confirmed they held children in a second office in Phoenix.
4/ Weaver who used to lease the office that MVM currently operates told Reveal that for the past two years, he’s seen 15-50 immigrant children come through the MVM office and shared bathrooms every day.
5/ After Reveal’s exclusive story, lawmakers called for investigations, MVM initiated the termination of its lease at the first office location. It hasn’t told Reveal whether it will terminate its lease at the second location. Just yesterday, its white vans were parked outside.
6/ MVM has no license to operate a childcare facility in Arizona. While the question of whether MVM needs a license is unknown, Arizona’s governor has ordered an investigation into the company’s treatment of children at another Phoenix office building.
7/ MVM has been chosen as the transportation contractor for court-ordered family reunification. ICE has not said whether MVM violated its contract by keeping kids, some who had been separated from their parents, overnight in office buildings.
8/ Have you seen immigrant children in blue or white sweatsuits, being transported in large passenger vans by adults? For this or any other tip, please email us: border@revealnews.org.
