DHS Hiring Bounty Hunters to Track Deported Immigrants

The Department of Homeland Security is hiring private investigators to locate deported immigrants in their home countries and photograph their residences in order to collect fines that DHS claims they owe. This represents a reversal of previous communications to immigrants suggesting that deportation would eliminate their financial obligations to the government. The initiative raises questions about DHS's enforcement reach beyond U.S. borders and the collection methods being employed against deported individuals.