Privatized violence crosses borders

Erik Prince’s firms are selling coercive services to weak states abroad while pitching the U.S. a $25 billion private mass‑deportation apparatus at home. Contracts in Haiti and Peru (e.g., Vectus Global’s $10 million/year deal) sit alongside a plan for privately run processing camps and transport in the U.S. This shows a single market logic extending state force via contractors on both foreign and domestic fronts. — If governments outsource core coercive functions, accountability, legality, and democratic control of state violence are reshaped in both immigration and foreign policy.