The Trump administration is preparing to hire a private contractor to locate migrants who have already been deported from the United States in an effort to collect unpaid civil immigration fines, expanding its enforcement efforts beyond U.S. borders.
According to procurement documents reviewed by WIRED, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking bids for a program known as Tracing and Payment Recovery Services, which would authorize investigators to find deported migrants in countries including Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras and notify them of outstanding financial penalties.
