Trump Officials Outline Business-Driven Deportation Model at Border Security Expo
- Todd Lyons, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expressed a desire to operate the agency like a business, suggesting a deportation process similar to Amazon Prime's delivery system.
- During the 2025 Border Security Expo, Trump officials discussed leveraging the private sector in deportation efforts and emphasized the use of new technology.
- Cinthya Rodriguez from Mijente criticized the proposals as cruel and highlighted the dehumanization of immigrants involved in these plans during her response.
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From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
(ProPublica) -- 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 vete…
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…
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...
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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