Reform UK’s deportation command will not face same issues as Ice in US – Yusuf - video Dailymotion

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Reform UK’s proposed agency to carry out mass deportations of migrants with no right to be in the country will not become like Donald Trump’s Ice programme in the US, its home affairs spokesman has said.Zia Yusuf said it is “not true” that the party’s plans for a UK Deportation Command will face the same issues as US President Mr Trump’s body, which saw an immigration crackdown in Minnesota lead to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.Under a Reform government, the party would set up the unit to “track down, detain and deport” people in the country illegally, aiming for up to 288,000 people each year.

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00:05and there are many problems in this country but thankfully we don't have that problem i don't envy

00:11anyone who has to do that job of law enforcement in america where that is true so many people

00:15particularly criminals are carrying firearms so you know this notion that we're going to have the

00:20same issues that come sharply into focus internationally as a result of trump's ice

00:25program which is not true like we would not expect uk deportation command to need to carry

00:29weapons it's not going to be the case if your question is do we have the resolve to stand up

00:35to progressive outrage against perfectly legitimate enforcement of the law in this country

00:40then the answer is we will never flinch in the face of that

Reform UK’s deportation command will not face same issues as Ice in US – Yusuf

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