U.S. hires four companies to locate deported Guatemalans and collect immigration fines
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- U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched a tender for services to locate deported Guatemalans and people of other nationalities.
- The contracted companies would seek to recover outstanding immigration fines.
The United States has hired four companies to locate Guatemalans and other foreign nationals who were deported and collect immigration fines from them.
The process began in early August, when the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency opened a tender through the federal System for Award Management. The contract covers what the agency calls Tracking and Payment Recovery Services.
The services are intended to find deported people and recover fines linked to immigration cases.
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Originally published by La Hora in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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