ICE Seeks 'Bounty Hunter' Contractors To Track Migrants, With Cash Bonuses And Batches Up To 1 Million

The Daily Beast reports that an ICE procurement notice (first obtained by The Intercept) proposes hiring private contractors—described as “bounty hunters”—to locate and track undocumented migrants using government case data and commercial surveillance tools. The solicitation contemplates incentive-based pricing with cash bonuses for high performance and batch assignments ranging from 10,000 up to 1,000,000 targets. The reporting situates the plan amid ICE recruitment shortfalls and expanding surveillance procurements, raising civil liberties and oversight concerns; DHS has not yet commented.