"The latest proposal is a plan to hire bounty hunters to locate undocumented migrants, who could then be added to the deportation list. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking private companies to find individuals targeted by the agency in exchange for payment, according to a document obtained by The Intercept. The agency says it is exploring the possibility of hiring bounty hunters and asks interested parties to submit proposals."
"It is very dangerous, warned Latoya Macbean Pompy, a New York immigration attorney with a YouTube channel. This proposal would allow contractors to earn monetary bonuses based on how many immigrants they locate, turning human lives into numbers and incentivizing overreach, wrongful targeting and civil rights violations. [...] [It] could certainly include U.S. citizens, green card holders and documented and undocumented immigrants."
The administration is pursuing accelerated deportations and is proposing to hire private contractors to locate targeted immigrants. ICE is soliciting companies to verify addresses and places of employment using information packages, starting with batches of 10,000 and scaling toward one million. Contractors must supply updated location data, phone numbers, employment details, vehicle and property information, social media, and supporting photos or documents. The program would incentivize payments and bonuses based on located individuals. Legal advocates warn the approach risks wrongful targeting, civil rights violations, and could encompass U.S. citizens, green card holders, and documented immigrants.
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