Companies are ditching business with ICE
The backlash against ICE has grown beyond US borders.
TL;DR
- Capgemini, a French IT company, is selling a US division that had a $4.8 million contract with ICE for skip tracing services.
- Jim Pattison Developments, a Canadian real estate company, has stopped plans to sell a warehouse to the Department of Homeland Security for ICE operations.
- Hootsuite, a Canadian social media company, is facing demonstrations at its Vancouver headquarters to cease business with ICE's public affairs office.
- The backlash against ICE is growing internationally, with companies facing scrutiny over their links to the agency's enforcement tactics.
- US companies like Target and Best Buy have called for a "de-escalation of tensions" regarding ICE activities.
- Protests have been held in major US cities against ICE's crackdown on undocumented immigrants.