ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
theintercept.com
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering hiring private bounty hunters to locate immigrants across the country, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept. Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.

According to the document, which solicits information from interested contractors for a potentially forthcoming contract opportunity, companies hired by ICE will be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate, with further assignments provided in “increments of 10,000 up to 1,000,000.”

  • notarobot@lemmy.zip
    4·
    14 hours ago

    I’m not in or from the us but I see two possible good outcomes of this. Node: THIS IS VERY MUCH WISHFUL THINGKING AND I KNOW IT WONT HAPPEN. Do not get mad, I’m just shitposting

    1. Since they “can’t have a trial for anyone” bounty hunters claim the reward with no proof and the government gets scammed without anyone actually getting deported
    2. Since the hunters are scamming the government, the government decides to implement a process in which the identity of the deported has to be confirmed before deporting them which gives them a chance to prove their nationality and defend themselves

    I know this won’t happen. I believe that the government and the hunters both hate poor people so the hunter will round up ally he poor, and the government won’t care if they are the wrong person. Also, I think there is a high likelihood that the hunters are given the same powers as ice like search without a warrant and so on

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Or… number 3 : Only the racist chuds who couldn’t meet the requirements to join ICE become bounty hunters, and they just capture people and further the fear felt by non-whites in the US. Which is the intended goal here.

      • notarobot@lemmy.zip
        1·
        12 hours ago

        Yeah. That is a given. Bounty hunters in this case are people not only without morals (like ice) but also do not like following orders…

        Wait. Are they actually worse people than ice? Of course ice does way more damage to people and they do hire them so they are guilty of their crimes, but for once, they might actually not be the people with the least morals in the room

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Don’t forget, in this instance, since the dumbass “hunters” are fully trying to scam the system via handwaving past the ID confirmation step, in turn that step will be what said gov’t uses to tie up the bounties in court until the whole process is far enough along that it can close out the denial of those payouts.

      Word to the wise: trying to “game the system” is an available option that’s hardcoded into the system we all live under. To think for one second that you’re smarter than the elite teams that train tirelessly on any number of exploits… Oof. 🤪🤷🏼‍♂️

      • notarobot@lemmy.zip
        1·
        11 hours ago

        Sometimes it’s hard to figure out when the government is smart and evil and when it’s stupid and evil.