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Justin Price

Meet Jake Lang: Right-wing Senate Hopeful Wants to Deputise the Proud Boys to Bounty Hunt Illegal Immigrants

Jake Lang, who is running for the US Senate in Florida, has proposed using members of the Proud Boys to track undocumented immigrants for cash bounties.

Edward Jacob 'Jake' Lang, a 29-year-old right-wing Senate candidate in Florida and convicted Capitol rioter, has proposed a plan to deputise members of the Proud Boys to hunt undocumented immigrants for cash rewards.

The radical idea, condemned by legal experts as unconstitutional, marks one of the most extreme immigration policies floated in the 2026 election cycle.

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