Capgemini to Divest US Unit Criticized for Contracts With ICE
French IT services provider Capgemini SE plans to sell a US-based unit that has come under scrutiny over its contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
According to a statement made on Sunday, the company said it would immediately initiate the sale process of its subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions.
“The legal restrictions imposed on contracting with federal government agencies carrying out covert activities in the United States did not allow the Group to exercise appropriate control over certain aspects of this subsidiary’s operations in order to comply with the Group’s objectives,” Capgemini said in a statement.
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure last week asked Capgemini to explain its ties to ICE, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, after the company told him its subsidiary had separate management and was unaware of contracts Capgemini had signed.
Businesses are coming under fire for their ties to ICE, which is spearheading the Trump administration’s mass deportation drive. Reactions to the agency’s tactics intensified following the second killing of a US citizen during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis last month.
French media outlet Observatoire des multinationales reported last month that Capgemini has had contracts with ICE since at least 2007. Capgemini reported that Government Solutions received a new contract in December to locate individuals in a process known as “jumping.”
In a post on Linkedin last week, Cap Gemini CEO Aiman Ezzat said the company was “notified through public sources of the nature of a contract awarded to CGS by DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement in December 2025.” “The nature and scope of this work raised questions compared to what we typically do as a business and technology firm.”
In a statement on Sunday, the company said Capgemini Government Solutions represents 0.4% of the group’s 2025 forecast global revenue and less than 2% of its US revenue.
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