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They Want to Privatize President Donald Trump’s Deportation Plans.

Just when you think it can’t get any worse.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readMar 16, 2025
Photo by Metin Ozer on Unsplash

It’s been increasingly apparent in the short not even couple of months that Donald Trump’s administration and his inner circle within the right wing have no intention of wasting any time. They have seized the moment in ways the Democratic Party never will, and we’re all just watching as constant headline after headline comes out with their latest plans of action.

This time they’re floating the idea of addressing immigration, and specifically privatizing their idea of a solution.

Privatizing deportations.

Ben Makuch with The Guardian writes:

“Prince is the most famous mercenary of the contemporary era and the founder of the now defunct private military company Blackwater. For a time, it was a prolific privateer in the “war on terror”, racking up millions in US government contracts by providing soldiers of fortune to the CIA, Pentagon and beyond.

Now he is a central figure among a web of other contractors trying to sell Trump advisers on a $25bn deal to privatize the mass deportations of 12 million migrants.

In an appearance on NewsNation, he immediately tried to temper that his plan had any traction…”

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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