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ICE hands out $57.1 million skip-tracing task orders

9/2/2026

Summary

Story summary

ICE awarded $57.1 million in new skip-tracing task orders to 14 private firms.
Payments to all contractors tripled from first assignments, a three-fold increase.
Capgemini Government Solutions got the largest $14.5 million order as its parent seeks to unwind the unit.
ICE has not released standards or error-correction procedures for contractor data, including facial-recognition errors.
Response AI Solutions contracts to recover $423 million in fines from 66,000 removed migrants with selfie proof.

History

Historical Context

ICE introduced the Secure Communities biometric program in 2007, expanding from a handful of sites to 1,210 jurisdictions by April 2011 under the Obama administration. The system matches fingerprints against FBI and DHS records, leading to 140,396 criminal-alien bookings and 72,445 deportations. After a 2014 pause, President Trump revived the program in 2017, prompting renewed congressional scrutiny of contractor-driven data contracts.

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Story summary

ICE awarded $57.1 million in new skip-tracing task orders to 14 private firms.
Payments to all contractors tripled from first assignments, a three-fold increase.
Capgemini Government Solutions got the largest $14.5 million order as its parent seeks to unwind the unit.
ICE has not released standards or error-correction procedures for contractor data, including facial-recognition errors.
Response AI Solutions contracts to recover $423 million in fines from 66,000 removed migrants with selfie proof.

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