BI Incorporated — Skip Tracing Contract ($121M)
In December 2025, ICE awarded BI Incorporated (a GEO Group subsidiary) a two-year contract worth up to $121 million for “skip tracing” services – using surveillance data to locate people who have missed check-ins so ICE can arrest them.
What This Means
This contract transforms BI from a monitoring company into an active enforcement participant. The company that tracks immigrants through ankle monitors and the SmartLINK app now also hunts them down when they stop complying. The data collected under the ISAP V monitoring contract feeds directly into skip-tracing operations.
The GEO Group’s Full-Spectrum Model
With this contract, GEO Group subsidiaries now operate across the entire enforcement pipeline:
- Monitoring (BI/ISAP) – Track location via ankle monitors and apps
- Skip tracing (BI) – Locate non-compliant individuals using surveillance data
- Detention (GEO Group) – Hold them in GEO-operated facilities
- Deportation support – GEO has also been linked to deportation flight operations
The entity that monitors you is the same entity that hunts you when you stop complying, and the same entity that profits from your detention.
Part of a Larger Program
BI’s $121 million contract is one of 13 skip-tracing contracts awarded by ICE in December 2025, collectively worth up to $1.2 billion over two years, targeting up to 1.5 million immigrants. BI’s advantage over other contractors: it already has surveillance data on hundreds of thousands of people through ISAP.