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queentonic

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Fri Jun 6, 2025, 09:00 PM Jun 2025

Eric Prince and Army of 100,000 [View all]

The Hill

Think Trump’s deportations have been bad? Wait until his civilian army gets started.
by Brandon Bolte and Isabel Skinner, opinion contributor - 06/02/25 11:00 AM ET

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Over the past few months, Erik Prince, former head of the private military company Blackwater, has pitched multiple proposals to the White House to help with mass deportations. Prince has argued that achieving President Trump’s aggressive deportation goals will require the government to “supplement” ICE’s capabilities. According to one of his proposals, a new Prince company, 2USV, would train and deploy an army of as many as 100,000 armed and deputized citizens.

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https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5325548-erik-prince-paramilitary-proposal-immigration/

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