Overview
- The company told AFP the December 2025 ICE award is not in execution due to a challenge, and an exceptional board meeting has been scheduled for this weekend at the CEO’s request.
- An internal note to staff said the U.S. unit has begun reviewing the contract’s content and contracting procedures, echoing the CEO’s earlier public statement about an independent board review.
- Economy Minister Roland Lescure has urged full transparency and pressed the group to question the nature of the activities, while Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin has called for vigilance over such contracts.
- Capgemini unions have escalated pressure, with the CGT launching a petition for an immediate end to the collaboration and employee representatives voicing strong moral objections.
- Procurement records cited by French media describe a $4.8 million identification and background-check deal in December and a separate skip-tracing contract potentially worth up to about $365 million with performance bonuses, as well as a hotline service, with prior website language about facilitating deportations since removed.