The headquarters of the French multinational company Capgemini, in the southern Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, on April 5, 2022. VINCENT ISORE/IP3
France's finance minister is urging French tech company Capgemini to be fully transparent over a contract with the United States' Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, as calls grow for scrutiny of the agency's role in enforcing the Donald Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
"I urge Capgemini to shed light, in an extremely transparent manner, on its activities, on this policy, and undoubtedly to question the nature of these activities," Finance Minister Roland Lescure told French lawmakers late on Tuesday.
The French company, which employs more than 340,000 people across more than 50 countries, signed a contract with ICE in December, via its subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS).
Lescure's comments came after Capgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat said he had recently been made aware of the contract awarded to CGS. "The nature and scope of this work has raised questions compared to what we typically do as a business and technology firm," Ezzat said in a message posted on LinkedIn. "In full respect of the separate governance and restrictions of CGS, I have been informed that the independent board of directors has already begun the process of reviewing the content and scope of this contract and CGS contracting procedures."
