{
  "id": 14736566,
  "title": "Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/mother-sues-ice-contractor-for-jailing-her-and-her-baby-in-a-hotel-14736566",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Intercept",
    "slug": "the-intercept-theintercept",
    "url": "https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ice-contractor-hotel-detention-mvm-sonesta/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A mother from Colombia and her infant son, a U.S. citizen, were allegedly confined in a hotel room by a long-standing Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractor for five days. Valentina Galvis and her baby were detained following their arrest by ICE at a Chicago immigration court in June 2025. The lawsuit, filed in September 2025, claims the companies engaged in a civil conspiracy to use the hotel room as a detention cell and profited from the arrangement. The suit, seeking over $50,000 in damages, accuses MVM Inc., a federal contractor, and Sonesta International Hotels Corporation of detaining Galvis and her son for profit. Galvis alleges she and her child suffered physical, emotional, and caregiving harm, including inadequate nutrition and stress-induced sleep disturbances. The lawsuit names Sonesta, MVM executives, and employees, and accuses them of confining Galvis and her son near O'Hare International Airport. Her infant wore the same outfit for five days before being released by a federal judge.",
  "summary": "The lawsuit alleges that the contractor MVM Inc. and the hotel chain Sonesta detained the family for profit. The post Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room appeared first on The Intercept .",
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        "outlet": "The Intercept",
        "title": "Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/mother-sues-ice-contractor-for-jailing-her-and-her-baby-in-a-hotel",
        "published": "2026-10-15T11:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}