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Military contractors pitch Trump admin $25B to deport 12 million illegals by midterms, leak reportedly shows

February 25, 2025 | | Print Article

A group of top military contractors known as 2USV have pitched some members of the Trump administration on a proposal to deport 12 million illegals before the midterms.

The plan put forward by a group led by Blackwater executives Erik Prince and Bill Mathews is laid out in a 26-page memo obtained by Politico.

If accepted by President Donald Trump, the plan would cost $25 billion and rely on the use of military base “processing camps,” 100 private airplanes, and a “small army” of private contractors with the authority to make arrests.

In the memo, the group argues that deporting 12 million illegals by the midterms would require at least 500,000 deportations per month. This, they continue, is probably beyond the government’s capability.

“To keep pace with the Trump deportations, it would require a 600% increase in activity,” the memo reads. “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.”

In the form, of course, of private contractors.

Steve Bannon for his part thinks it’s a good idea.

“People want this stood up quickly, and understand the government is always very slow to do things,” he told Politico. “It’s smart to start bidding out right now and get a feel for what else outside companies, contractors can do.”

What’s not clear is whether the president has personally seen the plan yet. All a White House spokesperson told Politico was that the administration “remains aligned on and committed to a whole-of-government approach to securing our borders, mass deporting criminal illegal migrants, and enforcing our immigration laws.”

“While White House officials receive numerous unsolicited proposals from various private sector players, it is ultimately up to the agencies responsible for carrying out the President’s agenda to consider and sign contracts to advance their mission,” the spokesperson added.

When reached by Politico, Mathews confirmed that the plan has been submitted but claimed to not have heard anything from the White House yet.

“We have not been contacted by, nor have we had any discussions with, the government since the White Paper that we submitted months ago,” he said. “There has been zero show of interest or engagement from the government and we have no reason to believe there will be.”

The way the deportations would work, according to the plan, is that a team of 2,000 attorneys and paralegals would be set up to determine whether certain illegals are eligible for deportation. Another team of 2,000 attorneys and paralegals would then hold mass hearings.

“To work through the deportation process expeditiously, 2USV recommends that the government conduct mass deportation hearings,” the memo reads.

It continues by suggesting due process can be maintained throughout the deportation process via a public database that alerts illegals to their immigration court hearing dates.

The memo also calls for the creation of a “Skip Tracing Team” whose job it’ll be to use existing records to find deportees and the sponsoring of a “bounty program which provides a cash reward for each illegal alien held by a state or local law enforcement officer.”

The memo further calls for deputizing thousands of private citizens — especially former law enforcement officials and military veterans — on the basis that it’s “unlikely that the government could apprehend all of the 12m illegal aliens without outside assistance.”

And the memo touts using military bases to create makeshift camps to hold hordes of illegal aliens prior to their deportation.

“In fact, this group has erected temporary camps for incoming Afghan refugees and for the US CBP,” the memo reads.

But critics whom Politico spoke to poured cold water on some of the proposals.

“I don’t see how you could do private sector, deputized law enforcement officers,” former Obama-era ICE Director John Sandweg said. “That’s subject to an immediate injunction by a court.”

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