Following the announcement on Tuesday, January 20, of a restructuring plan that could lead to the elimination of 2,400 jobs in France, the French mulitnational IT services group Capgemini faces a new crisis – this time over its work for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency that has come under sharp criticism in recent weeks after the deaths of two US citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, during operations in Minnesota.
The online media outlet Observatoire des Multinationales reported on Wednesday, January 21, that Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS), a US entity of the French group, was awarded a $4.8 million (€4 million) contract by ICE on December 18, 2025. The purpose, clearly stated in the document published by the US federal procurement agency, is to “obtain skip tracing services for enforcement and removal operations.” Thirteen companies signed this contract with ICE, including US-based GEO Group, which runs private detention centers for the government.
First revealed in late October 2025 by US outlet The Intercept, the information notice sent by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, to companies interested in skip tracing work promised “monetary bonuses or fee adjustments based on the vendor’s success rate in verifying alien addresses and delivering documents.” Bonuses for “achieving a high percentage of successful document deliveries.”
French: but ethics and morals! Consulting: but money!