Of course there are no militias in the US, especially the ones who will put detainees into already privatized parts of the prison-industrial-complex. Think of Erik Prince’s rebranded forces as Wagner, the Russian private military company, except with better flight insurance.
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Pitched Trump on Dystopian Private Army and Mass Deportation Camp Plan
The guy who charged $6,500 a seat for flights out of Afghanistan, remains part of the Trump State Apparatus.
Last week, Republican lawmakers introduced a bill aimed at further expanding Trump’s authority over immigration enforcement, including provisions that could make it easier to deputize private citizens for removals. Meanwhile, ICE has already announced increased workplace raids, a move many see as a precursor to wider crackdowns.
Prince’s proposal remains unconfirmed, but frustrations within the Trump administration over logistical hurdles have fueled speculation that such a plan could gain traction. Reports suggest that officials are growing increasingly impatient with the slow pace of removals, making the Prince-led blueprint—featuring a fleet of 100 private planes and a network of detention camps on military bases—a more attractive option.
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Prince has also publicly boasted about aiding Israel’s genocide against Gaza’s civilian population, claiming he “provided the Israelis a fully funded, donated ability to flood Gaza with seawater.” Meanwhile, a United Nations group monitoring the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found evidence that Prince attempted to broker a deal to send mercenaries into the mineral-rich North Kivu region.
The prospect of privatizing mass deportations raises concerns that the same human rights abuses linked to private military contractors overseas could be replicated domestically. As Trump’s immigration policies grow more aggressive, other private firms are already positioning themselves to profit, with the private prison industry already reaping significant financial rewards and as deportation raids ramp up and the administration seeks ways to meet its targets, the idea of privatized immigration enforcement is no longer fringe.
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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has announced a “strategic alliance” to fight organized crime with Erik Prince, the founder of the controversial private defense contractor formerly known as Blackwater.
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