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Reform is planning to create a British version of Trump's ICE unit and deport 300,000 illegal migrants a year

Reform is planning to create a British version of Trump's ICE unit and deport 300,000 illegal migrants a year

Reform UK will pledge to restore Britain's Christian heritage by stopping churches being turned into mosques and deporting almost 300,000 illegal migrants every year.

Nigel Farage's party will today vow to create a British version of Donald Trump's US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit to deport up to 288,000 migrants per year.

The 'UK Deportation Command' would have capacity to detain up to 24,000 migrants at any time and will run five deportation flights a day if Reform wins power, the party will announce. 

Zia Yusuf will outline Reform's plans for a 'radical overhaul' of the immigration system, with Britain's borders put on a war footing due to the 'national security emergency' created by the 'invasion' of illegal migrants.

The party's pick for home secretary will use a speech in Dover today to outline Reform's joined-up approach to immigration, policing and national security that will include a 'zero-tolerance' approach to Islamist extremism and reforms to Britain's counter-terror programme.

It comes after controversies in the US following two fatal shootings of seemingly innocent civilians involving Mr Trump's ICE agents and Border Patrol officials in January.

Part of Reform's plans to 'protect Britain's Christian heritage' include granting immediate listed status to all churches to legally prevent their conversion into mosques or other places of worship.

Mr Yusuf will say: 'For decades, the Tories and Labour have turned the other way while the very fabric of our society has been under assault. 

Zia Yusuf said Reform UK will establish the 'UK Deportation Command' - a British version of Donald Trump's US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit

Small boat migrants attempting to cross the Channel from France in January

Small boat migrants attempting to cross the Channel from France in January

'The social contract has not merely been broken; it's been shattered.

'Under a Reform government, His Majesty's Parliament will be sovereign once again.'

The proposals include leaving the European Convention on Human Rights and passing the 'Illegal Migration Mass Deportation Act' to compel the home secretary to deport illegal migrants and block judges from intervening. 

Reform also plans to impose visa bans on Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan if they refuse to take back illegal migrants.

But last night Labour chairman Anna Turley hit back, saying: 'Britain is a proud, tolerant and diverse nation, which stands in opposition to the kind of divisive politics stoked by Reform.'

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