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America - Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants
Trump pledged to start deporting illegal immigrants immediately he took office and true to his word almost 600 have in the first week been escorted, in chains, on to military aircraft, among them child sex offenders, a suspected terrorist and South American gang members.
He's not messing about is he!
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This doesn't seem to have got much publicity:
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I take it you missed this in drmorgans link, Vulcan:
The intervention comes as almost 13,500 people with no right to be here have been removed since the new government came to office and surged the capacity of removal teams, as the department is on track to deliver its pledge to have the highest rate of returns since 2018 in their first 6 months.
I suppose there's no chance that, since this hasn't been shouted from the rooftops and leading every news bulletin, this is only the first draft of a press release that's somehow slipped through the net.
It seems to claim the opposite of delay, fudge and enabling behaviour displayed by our government.
“The intervention comes as almost 13,500 people with no right to be here have been removed since the new government came to office and surged the capacity of removal teams…”
Question: "How many were "enforced" returns..."
A very good question. To help answer it, there are a few footnotes to that statement above, one of which reads:
“This note provides an overview of the number of people who have been returned from the UK, and the ongoing effort to tackle the illegal employment and exploitation of vulnerable people in the UK, since early July. It is intended to provide the public with clear and timely statistics in an area of high public interest.
Between 5 July 2024 and 4 January 2025, a total of 16,400 returns were recorded (including both enforced and voluntary returns).
Of which, there were 4,390 enforced returns of people with no legal right to remain in the UK.”
So slightly different to “13,500…have been removed”.
Meanwhile, in the same period, there have been more than 24,300 small boat arrivals (all of whom are undoubtedly still here)..
“in the UK, [it means] "I won't carry out what I promised".”
Not quite.
In the UK it means we will set up a working party which will establish a quango who will report to a committee of MPs with recommendations. Those recommendations will be turned into a “Green Paper” for debate in the Commons before a Bill is presented to Parliament. That Bill which will be batted between the House of Commons and House of Lords (to water down its main provisions so it becomes acceptable) before being passed as an Act. As soon as any action is taken in accordance with the Act it will be subject to legal challenge. This will come from either a Judicial Review or appeals all the way to the Supreme Court and possibly the European Court of Human Rights.
By that time there will have been a General Election. The new government will declare the Act as unworkable and repeal it. They will lay the blame for inaction on their predecessors for their ineptitude, who will in turn blame the new government for undoing all their good work.
The new government will then set up a working party which will establish a quango….
Meanwhile the boats will continue to arrive. Unless they are physically prevented from landing.
So. A high net inward invasion still. Exactly as expected, assumed, and now admitted to.
Saved me looking for the figures.
Still, when you quote "more than 24,300 small boat arrivals" did you mean 24,300 small boats arrived, or 24,300 illegal economic immigrants ? It's just that at an average of 51 passengers per small boat, 24,300×51 would mean 1,239,300 illegal migrants !
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