Contractor Keeps Working for US After 8-Year-Old Died in Custody
Loyal Source Government Services remains the chief healthcare provider for migrants in border custody almost two years after the child’s death.
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrolling along the US-Mexico border in El Paso.
Photographer: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images
Federal authorities tried to replace the lead medical contractor for US Customs and Border Protection before an 8-year-old girl died in the agency’s custody in May 2023. But almost two years later, the company is set to receive a contract extension estimated to be worth more than $100 million — even after employees voiced new concerns and staffing continued to violate US requirements.
Florida-based Loyal Source Government Services has already earned more than $500 million since CBP first sought to replace it. Thanks to multiple protests, the company has so far successfully blocked the government from awarding a new contract to competitor Vighter, the Texas-based company that the agency selected in 2022.