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Trump Officials Outline Business-Driven Deportation Model at Border Security Expo

Todd Lyons, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, stated he wants the agency to operate like a business and suggested deportation methods similar to Amazon's delivery system.
Keynote speakers from the Trump administration emphasized the need for resources to support deportation efforts, including more beds and airplane flights.
Lyons expressed admiration for invoking the wartime Alien Enemies Act to enhance deportation policies, calling it amazing.
Cinthya Rodriguez from the advocacy group Mijente criticized the proposed deportation plans as cruel, reckless, and driven by white supremacy and greed.

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Meet the Lollapalooza tent-making company making a fortune on Trump's plans

In June 2005, a former employee from the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the grounds of the Bonnaroo music festival in rural Tennessee. He wasn’t there to see the headliners, which included Dave Matthews Band and the lead singer of the popular jam band Phish. He was there to meet the guys setting up the toilets for the throng of psychedelics-infused campers in attendance: Richard Stapleton, a construction industry veteran, and his bus…

11 hours ago·Washington, United States

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Raw Story

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New plan eyes mass deportations — by making part of Central American prison US territory

Military contractors pitched a novel way to facilitate mass deportations — simply designate part of a Central American maximum security prison as U.S. territory, Politico reported Friday afternoon.Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a group of defense contractors unveiled their plan to Donald Trum...

1 day ago·United States

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Buzzfeed

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People Cannot Believe This "Disgusting" And "Inhumane" Statement By Trump's ICE Director Is Real

"'Prime, but with human beings' is legitimately one of the most insanely depraved things I’ve ever heard."View Entire Post ›

1 day ago·New York, United States

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The Texas Tribune

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Meet the tent company making a fortune off Trump’s deportation plans

Deployed Resources, a privately held tent company, is set to operate a new ICE tent camp to hold people awaiting deportation in El Paso, Texas.

1 day ago·Austin, United States

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emptywheel

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Amid DOGE's Failure to Find Fraud Committed by Entities Other than DOGE, DOGE Automates Deportation - emptywheel

The other day, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons claimed he wanted to get his deportation system working like Amazon Prime does. The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American cities delivering packages. “We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, expl…

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ProPublica

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From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans

The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation.

2 days ago·New York, United States

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