"Capgemini, a major French consulting and information technology company, said Sunday it will sell a US division that does business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Like other businesses with links to ICE, Capgemini has come under scrutiny as criticism mounts over the agency's heavy-handed enforcement tactics. Jim Pattison Developments, a real estate company, and Hootsuite, a social media company, are two Canadian businesses that have faced public pressure for their links to ICE."
"The decision to sell the US division comes after a Paris-based corporate watchdog, Multinationals Observatory, published details of the contract, prompting questions from France's finance and economy minister Roland Lescure. An archived Capgemini web page posted on the watchdog's website states that Capgemini was working with ICE to help it minimize the time required and cost incurred to remove all removable illegal aliens from the US."
Capgemini will sell a US division that did business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement after scrutiny over the unit's government work. The Department of Homeland Security awarded the unit a $4.8 million contract in mid-December to provide skip tracing services, which locate people using online information and sources such as voter registration data. Multinationals Observatory published details of the contract, prompting questions from France's finance and economy minister Roland Lescure. An archived Capgemini web page described work to minimize time and cost required to remove removable illegal aliens from the US. Capgemini stated legal restrictions on government work prevented appropriate control to ensure alignment with its objectives.
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