ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms

This document outlines DHS/ICE plans to significantly expand privatized surveillance and enforcement support, proposing large recurring case volumes for private investigators under performance-based incentives while restricting direct access to agency systems and instead sending exported case packets with sensitive personal data; it also highlights complementary contractor-led initiatives such as statewide detainee transport, 24/7 social media targeting centers, and a national enforcement call center, signaling a broader shift toward private infrastructure across the enforcement pipeline.