#PrivatizedEnforcement

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1 month ago

ICE launches nationwide program for covert surveillance of immigrants After criticism, the French company Capgemini says it is reviewing “the content and scope” of its role in a program to covertly monitor immigrants in the U.S.

ICE shifted covert immigrant surveillance to private contractors using skip-tracing and photography; a foreign-linked firm withdrew under diplomatic pressure, heightening accountability and oversight risks. #ICE #DHS #ImmigrationSurveillance #Capgemini #PrivatizedEnforcement #WashingtonPost

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2 months ago

It 'penetrates your bones': Day laborers protest noise machines installed at Home Depot Immigrant rights organizers and local city leaders held a news conference Wednesday denouncing Home Depot's installation of noise machines at its Cypress Park location. The high-pitched sound causes d...

Home Depot’s use of noise machines in Los Angeles highlights how corporate control of retail space now produces immigration‑control outcomes without arrests or formal enforcement. #Trump #ICE #Immigration #CorporateGovernance #PrivatizedEnforcement #LosAngeles #HomeDepot #LATimes

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3 months ago

Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.

ICE is expanding privatized enforcement by pursuing a national bounty hunter system driven by quotas, secrecy, and profit‑based incentives. #Trump #ICE #PrivatizedEnforcement #BountyHunters #ImmigrationSurveillance #Intercept

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3 months ago

Contractor Recruiting People on LinkedIn to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE, Will Pay $300 “The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.

ICE is outsourcing immigrant surveillance to untrained civilians, paying bounties for in‑person tracking and expanding privatized enforcement with no oversight. #Trump #ICE #ImmigrationSurveillance #PrivatizedEnforcement #404Media

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9 months ago

Rush of contracts on migrant crackdown exposes issues, contractors and experts say Contracts have been revoked days after they were awarded and sometimes given to firms with ties to the first Trump administration.

Project 2025 is privatizing repression by outsourcing immigration enforcement to unvetted contractors, which strips away public safeguards and accelerates carceral expansion. Civil rights are suffering as collateral damage. #Project2025 #PrivatizedEnforcement #CivilRights #CarceralExpansion #NBCNews