Companies face scrutiny for work with ICE after Minnesota shootings

International companies that do business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have come under scrutiny after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota this month, and videos of the killings raised international concern. French finance minister Roland Lescure said he was seeking answers from Capgemini over a contract its American subsidiary signed with the Department of Homeland Security last month.

The subsidiary's $4.8-million contract for skip tracing services, described as helping federal law enforcers track down foreign nationals "for enforcement and removal operations," drew attention in France after the latest shooting. Mr. Lescure told lawmakers he was "urging Capgemini to shed light, in an extremely transparent manner, on the activities it carries out, on this policy, and no doubt to review the nature of these activities," and a French corporate watchdog group had reported the deal.

Aiman Ezzat, Capgemini's chief executive, said on LinkedIn that the company's U.S. arm had long done business with federal agencies, that he had learned of the latest Homeland Security deal from "public sources" and knew little about it because the subsidiary has a separate board and works on classified contracts that are legally shielded from the parent company's view.

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