US EditionCompanies are ditching business with ICE
- Capgemini announced on Sunday it will sell a US division that does business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the Department of Homeland Security awarded it a $4.8 million contract in mid-December.
- A Paris-based watchdog published contract details and an archived Capgemini web page showing work to help ICE reduce removal costs, prompting questions from Roland Lescure, France's finance and economy minister.
- Protestors gathered outside the Vancouver headquarters on Friday calling for an end to ICE ties, while Jim Pattison Developments halted its Ashland, Virginia warehouse sale and Hootsuite faced demonstrations.
- Capgemini said the unit was small, representing 0.4% of global revenue in 2025 and less than 2% of US revenue, adding legal restrictions on government contracting limited control and declined further comment.
- Emily Lowan, leader of the Green Party in British Columbia, called for a boycott last week while owners in Oklahoma City are no longer engaged with DHS and Target and Best Buy urged de-escalation last month.
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By Hanna Ziady. What began as a series of local protests has escalated into a global corporate boycott. Companies have begun severing ties and taking drastic steps to distance themselves from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Capgemini, a major French IT and consulting firm, said Sunday it will sell its U.S. division that does business with ICE. Like other companies linked to ICE, Capgemini has come under scrutiny as criticism mounts ov…
French tech company Capgemini says selling US subsidiary after ICE backlash
Capgemini announced it is putting its US subsidiary up for sale after controversy over a $365 million contract with US immigration agency ICE to provide tools for identifying foreign nationals. The move, welcomed by the French government, follows pressure from employees and trade unions calling for the company to avoid working with controversial security and immigration agencies in the future. Capgemini is also facing a business slowdown and 2,4…
Capgemini's US subsidiary has sparked outrage in France over its provision of a tool to identify and track foreigners to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The scandal has prompted the French IT giant to announce the sale of its US company, Capgemini Government Solutions.
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