UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has announced an aggressive new immigration strategy, pledging to deport 150,000 illegal migrants annually in what she described as “the toughest reforms Britain has ever seen.”
In a video address posted on her X (formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday, Badenoch said the plan—dubbed the Radical Borders Plan—would establish a new enforcement agency called the Removals Force, inspired by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“My message is clear: if you’re here illegally, you will be detained and deported. Our new Removals Force, modelled on US ICE, will deport 150,000 illegal migrants each year,” Badenoch declared in the video, reiterating her long-standing hardline stance on migration.
She blasted both Conservative and Labour governments for what she called decades of failure in tackling the UK’s migration crisis.
“Today, I’m launching our Radical Borders Plan, the toughest reforms Britain has ever seen to border laws and operations. Successive governments have failed on immigration. Labour promised to smash the gangs. Instead, in just a year, they delivered record small boat crossings, over 50,000 illegal arrivals, 32,000 people in asylum hotels, billions wasted. It’s pure weakness. Britain needs a serious, credible plan and the backbone to deliver it,” Badenoch said.