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riversedge

(78,834 posts)
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 07:58 AM Nov 1

ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants

Source: theintercerpt.com



Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.

Sam Biddle October 31 2025, 8:04 p.m.



U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering hiring private bounty hunters to locate immigrants across the country, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept. Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.

According to the document, which solicits information from interested contractors for a potentially forthcoming contract opportunity, companies hired by ICE will be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate, with further assignments provided in “increments of 10,000 up to 1,000,000.”

The solicitation says ICE is considering “monetary bonuses” paid out based on performance.

The solicitation says ICE is “exploring an incentive based pricing structure” to encourage quick results, with “monetary bonuses” paid out based on performance. For example, ICE says contractors might get paid a bonus for identifying a person’s correct address on the first try or finding 90 percent of its targets within a set timeframe. (ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)

The document closely resembles a plan reportedly circulated by a group of military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO and Trump ally Erik Prince..........................

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2025/10/31/ice-plans-cash-rewards-for-private-bounty-hunters-to-locate-and-track-immigrants/



Oh crap--Erik Prince is involved!!




Photo from the article:


US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents knock on the door of a residence during a multi-agency targeted enforcement operation in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation effort in US history, vowing to ultimately deport all of the foreigners living in the country without permission. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants (Original Post) riversedge Nov 1 OP
JFC. Alice B. Nov 1 #1
Will these vigilantes also be given orders to bring them in dead or alive? Lonestarblue Nov 1 #2
They have a long history of hurting and killing people. Dave Bowman Nov 1 #7
Cowardly goons. Has ICE ever been to an area that has crime? Like where MS-13 guys might actually hang out? travelingthrulife Nov 1 #3
+1 dalton99a Nov 1 #27
So now if we have a beef with a neighbor or co-worker we could turn them doc03 Nov 1 #4
+1 Auggie Nov 1 #9
That's what happened in Iraq underpants Nov 1 #10
Corrupt, disgusting, infuriating, and un-American Walleye Nov 1 #5
How unshocked are we that Prince and Blackwater are getting into this? underpants Nov 1 #12
Filthy, dirty corruption and mendacity. I'm tired of it. Walleye Nov 1 #17
I wouldn't put it past Prince to do a little sex-trafficking as a side hussle. 70sEraVet Nov 1 #19
This is totally insane. They keep lowering the freaking bar. Dave Bowman Nov 1 #6
"Private Bounty Hunters"...the goons even ICE wouldn't hire because of their criminal records. sop Nov 1 #8
They'll just turn in anyone who looks like an immigrant. JohnnyRingo Nov 1 #11
Yep. underpants Nov 1 #13
Yep! surfered Nov 1 #15
I thought they were already doing this based upon their lack of professionalism. surfered Nov 1 #14
For a Few Dollars More. Turbineguy Nov 1 #16
ICE has a butt ton of money. underpants Nov 1 #29
Their day of reckoning won't be pretty. Joinfortmill Nov 1 #18
That day won't come nearly soon enough, either. Paladin Nov 1 #24
My neighbor, I don't like, just got back from his vacation ashredux Nov 1 #20
That's sadly too funny. underpants Nov 1 #25
I hope someone turns in HarryM Nov 1 #21
Wow! What a great idea...not crud Nov 1 #22
Plus, I'm sure there a lot of people out there PatSeg Nov 1 #26
Unleashing the private army so they get some practice moniss Nov 1 #23
Which means the bounty hunters will be given access to government and other databases - and immunity dalton99a Nov 1 #28
More and more Gestapo tactics. republianmushroom Nov 1 #30
And women who might be pregnant. Thanks, Texas. Hekate Nov 1 #31
Will they get paid for bringing in scalps to verify their success" ? Ping Tung Nov 1 #32
Rape and robbery Bayard Nov 1 #33
Insert head exploding emoji here. yellow dahlia Nov 1 #34
Just remember, Trump never pays his contractors.... Jack Valentino Nov 1 #35
"Wanted, dead or deported"! New signs in Post Offices? Wonder Why Nov 2 #36
Fulfilling a campaign promise to his voters. Preparation for vigilante round up of Dems & Libs. Hotler Nov 2 #37

Lonestarblue

(13,125 posts)
2. Will these vigilantes also be given orders to bring them in dead or alive?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:00 AM
Nov 1

Texas vigilantes monitoring the border have frequently wounded and even murdered people crossing the border. Considering how bad the ICE goons are, I can’t imagine the dregs they’ll find as vigilantes.

travelingthrulife

(3,813 posts)
3. Cowardly goons. Has ICE ever been to an area that has crime? Like where MS-13 guys might actually hang out?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:02 AM
Nov 1

doc03

(38,642 posts)
4. So now if we have a beef with a neighbor or co-worker we could turn them
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:03 AM
Nov 1

into ICE and get paid. Sounds harmless.

underpants

(193,912 posts)
10. That's what happened in Iraq
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:37 AM
Nov 1

At first when it was completely lawless, neighbors could settle grudges or just take neighbors stuff by killing them. You and a group of people could basically create your own little fiefdom.

Remember, in some spots the US Army set up “safe drop spots” for bodies so they wouldn’t just stuff them down manhole covers. The sewage systems were getting clogged up.

Later on we were paying for information. There were many reports of people making money off just giving a name and location of someone as being insurgents. Out of the blue everyday people were swept up with some ending up in the Bagram air base nightmare.

Walleye

(43,207 posts)
5. Corrupt, disgusting, infuriating, and un-American
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:05 AM
Nov 1

So our tax money will be going directly to these thugs as a reward for beating up women and children. Wonderful.

underpants

(193,912 posts)
12. How unshocked are we that Prince and Blackwater are getting into this?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:51 AM
Nov 1

Last edited Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:06 AM - Edit history (1)

This has “footballs of cash” ala Iraq written all over it

70sEraVet

(5,117 posts)
19. I wouldn't put it past Prince to do a little sex-trafficking as a side hussle.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:49 AM
Nov 1

The opportunities for criminals are literally without limits, now that a criminal enterprise is running the country.

sop

(16,882 posts)
8. "Private Bounty Hunters"...the goons even ICE wouldn't hire because of their criminal records.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:13 AM
Nov 1

JohnnyRingo

(20,276 posts)
11. They'll just turn in anyone who looks like an immigrant.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:48 AM
Nov 1

They have no other way to define their search. They don't have access to govt records or police files. They can't demand papers to prove status.
See an illegal? Turn him in and let ICE sort them out. What a potential mess.

underpants

(193,912 posts)
29. ICE has a butt ton of money.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:31 AM
Nov 1

More than the FBI DEA and ATF combined.

They are going have to OVERpay to ward off the potential for blackmail and extortion that’s literally built into this. Ridiculous.

Paladin

(32,023 posts)
24. That day won't come nearly soon enough, either.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:04 AM
Nov 1

And a Nuremberg Trials framework is already more than justified.

ashredux

(2,807 posts)
20. My neighbor, I don't like, just got back from his vacation
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:49 AM
Nov 1

He got a great tan down in the Caribbean, I’m gonna take that SOB out now and I’m turning him in. I don’t care he was born in Indiana,His dog keeps shitting in my yard.


Welcome to the new USA

HarryM

(439 posts)
21. I hope someone turns in
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:50 AM
Nov 1

Malaria tRump, she came to the US under false pretenses. Therefore she is an "illegal" alien.

crud

(1,145 posts)
22. Wow! What a great idea...not
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:53 AM
Nov 1

These folks are not geniuses but they are something completely nazi like. This is not gonna go very well.

PatSeg

(51,491 posts)
26. Plus, I'm sure there a lot of people out there
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:12 AM
Nov 1

who are desperate for cash and as the economy worsens, there will probably be more.

dalton99a

(91,179 posts)
28. Which means the bounty hunters will be given access to government and other databases - and immunity
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:22 AM
Nov 1

Bayard

(27,794 posts)
33. Rape and robbery
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:24 AM
Nov 1

Reports of men posing as ICE agents to get into people's houses will magnify by a factor of 10.

Hotler

(13,617 posts)
37. Fulfilling a campaign promise to his voters. Preparation for vigilante round up of Dems & Libs.
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:14 AM
Nov 2

His voters are chomping at the bit to use guns on the rest of us. Arm yourselves, Protect yourself and family against MAGA door kickers.

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