France's Capgemini on Sunday announced it was "immediately" starting the process of separating from a subsidiary working for the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

That speedy exit should be credited to unions, employees, and French corporate clients – and perhaps recent geopolitics, said the author of an article that may have sparked the decision.

The technology consulting and services company announced its intended divestiture from Capgemini Government Solutions in a 76-word statement on an issue about which, it told The Stack, it has no further comment.

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