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suegeo

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5. Thank you for your tip
Sat May 10, 2025, 11:39 AM
May 10

A search based on your tip yielded the following, some of which I have yet to read:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/erik-prince-trump-immigration-enforcement
‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump deportation plans

]https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/military-contractors-prison-plan-detained-immigrants-erik-prince-00287208

https://eu.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/25/erik-prince-mass-deportation-politico/80266892007/

Politico reported that the proposal was marked as "unsolicited" and said that any effort to deport 12 million people from the U.S. in two years' time would require an enormous effort. "It is unlikely that the government could swell its internal ranks to keep pace with this demand … in order to process this enormous number of deportations, the government should enlist outside assistance," Politico quoted the proposal as saying.


and also from above link, this:
...the plan called for what Politico described as a network of processing camps at military installations, a fleet of 100 planes and groups of citizens who would be allowed to arrest and presumably detain and deport immigrants suspected to be in the U.S. illegally.


https://www.latintimes.com/everything-we-know-about-eric-prince-mastermind-behind-25b-plan-deport-12-million-immigrants-576657
From the above link:
The document also proposes mass deportation hearings and a "bounty program which provides a cash reward for each illegal alien held by a state or local law enforcement official." Moreover, it suggests deputizing 10,000 private citizens including former law enforcement officials and give them expedited training to help with the effort. All such initiatives would likely be quickly challenged in court.

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