February 2, 2026 French IT services group Capgemini said it will sell a U.S. subsidiary working with American immigration authorities. This follows mounting political pressure and public backlash over the unit’s role in contracts with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The company said the divestment of Capgemini Government Solutions would begin immediately, after an extraordinary board meeting held over the weekend. The decision comes after questions were raised in the French parliament and the government called for transparency over the subsidiary’s activities.
Capgemini has been under scrutiny for days over a contract signed by its U.S. arm with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to help identify undocumented migrants in the United States and track their locations. The controversy intensified following the deaths of two people, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, during operations involving ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis.
“The divestiture process of this business will be initiated immediately,” Capgemini said in a statement.
The group said it concluded that “the customary legal restrictions imposed for contracting with federal government entities carrying out classified activities in the United States did not allow the Group to exercise appropriate control over certain aspects of the operations of this subsidiary.”
Capgemini said Capgemini Government Solutions accounts for around 0.4 per cent of the group’s estimated global revenue for 2025 and less than 2 per cent of its revenue in the United States.
In an internal message to employees earlier this week, the company said the ICE contract, awarded in December, was “the subject of an appeal.”
The existence of the ICE contract was disclosed by campaign group Multinationals Observatory, prompting public criticism and a response from French Economy Minister Roland Lescure, who called on Capgemini to provide clarity about the deal.
Chief executive Aiman Ezzat said in a LinkedIn post last week that Capgemini management had only recently learned of the contract “through public sources.” He said decision-making at Capgemini Government Solutions was independent, that systems were firewalled and that the parent company could not access classified contracts or information.
Public U.S. government records show the ICE contract signed on Dec. 18 was valued at $4.8 million.
On Saturday, Multinationals Observatory said documents indicated the U.S. subsidiary had been providing services to ICE before the December contract was signed under President Donald Trump’s administration. The watchdog added that the subsidiary was not merely offering logistical support to ICE but was playing a major role.
“Its final remuneration will depend on the number of people it has helped to detain and deport, much like a bounty hunter,” it said.
The announcement comes weeks after Capgemini said it would cut up to 2,400 jobs in France through redeployments and voluntary departures.
