The French IT and payments company came under question from politicians and news outlets over its links to ICE.
Capgemini has announced it will sell its US-based subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions, in light of contracting ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
According to public records cited by the BBC, Capgemini Government Solutions had been providing ICE “skip tracing services for enforcement and removal operations”.
The French IT and payments had contracted ICE for these services since December 18, 2025, but French media outlet, Observatoire des multinationales, revealed on January 21 Capgemini Government Solutions has been contracting the agency since at least 2007.
The outlet reported the most recent contract is worth $4.8m, while its past contracts with ICE “amount to tens of millions of dollars”.
Capgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat confirmed in a LinkedIn post last week the company was made aware of the ICE contracts through “public sources”. He notified the December 2025 contract and the independent board of directors had begun the process of reviewing the “content and scope” of the contract.
Subsequently, the company is now looking to sell off Capgemini Government Solutions which, according to Capgemini, makes up 0.4% of its 2025 global revenue and less than 2% of its US revenue.
Figures on USspending.gov reveal 65.25%, or $22.58M, of Capgemini Government Solutions total funds received by US sub-agencies has come from ICE.
“Capgemini determined that the customary legal restrictions imposed for contracting with federal government entities carrying out classified activities in the US did not allow the group to exercise appropriate control over certain aspects of the operations of this subsidiary to ensure alignment with the group’s objectives,” said the statement.
“The divestiture process of this business will be initiated immediately.”
Government pressures
ICE has come under intense criticism in the US over the past several weeks due to the fatal shootings of two US citizens in Minnesota; Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
The Guardian reported on January 28 that eight people have died due to ICE enforcement this year, which has caused widespread protests in the US calling for the agency to be shut down for its anti-immigration policies.
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure called on Capgemini to provide clarity over its US businesses’ dealings with ICE last week during a French Parliament National Assembly.
“I am urging Capgemini to shed light, in an extremely transparent manner, on the activities it carries out, on this policy, and no doubt to review the nature of these activities,” said Lescure in response to a question.
Lescure confirmed he had spoken to Capgemini on the issue on how the company is dealing with its subsidiary.
Separate government dealings
Within both Capgemini and Ezzat’s statement, the group did not handle the contracts between Capgemini Government Solutions and ICE due to “customary legal restrictions”.
The contracts in question fall under the US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which lay out mandatory rules for federal agencies across the entire process of purchasing goods and services.
For agencies acquiring services from subsidiaries of international companies, the subsidiary must display corporate responsibility to become a federal agent contractor and undergo a performance review, involving compliance history of the subsidiary and its parent company.
As subsidiaries in the US operate independently, they manage separate teams, financial records and legal compliance with the relevant regulations.
