Despite early boasts and promises, Donald Trump's mass deportation ambitions are not delivering the round-ups and camps he envisioned, raising concerns that Trump could be tempted by offers from private military contractors.

A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of “processing camps” on military bases, a private fleet of 100 planes, and a “small army” of private citizens empowered to make arrests.

Undocumented immigrants in the U.S. contribute billions of dollars per year in federal taxes, state and local taxes, Social Security, and Medicare.

The founder and former CEO of the military contractor Blackwater pitched the White House a plan to deport nearly 500,000 undocumented immigrants per month before the 2026 midterm elections. Erik Prince was part of a group of prominent contractors and former immigration officials who submitted an unsolicited proposal to help make good on President Donald Trump’s signature campaign promise to deport millions of immigrations,

A delegation of military contractors, led by stalwart Donald Trump ally and former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has proposed that the federal government use militarized "processing camps," a private fleet of 100 planes and a "small army" of private citizens with arrest powers to pursue a mass deportation policy.