TORY 'ICE' FORCE WOULD DEPORT 150,000 A YEAR

Bold plan to tackle migrants crisis based on US agency

- David Williamson

A REMOVALS Force modelled on the US ICE agency would deport 150,000 people a year under bold Tory plans unveiled today to tackle the migrant crisis.

It would remove all new illegal immigrants within a week as the Conservatives promise "radical action" to stop the flood of small boats arriving on our shores.

By using the blueprint of the hard-hitting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, people with no right to live in the UK would no longer be allowed to stay for months and years while applications and appeals are processed at a cost of billions to the taxpayer.

And the new force will be expected to remove at least 750,000 people over the lifetime of a Parliament. Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick told the Sunday Express exclusively that the removals will continue "until every single illegal migrant is deported".

"Frankly, we've been pussyfooting for too long as a country and that's got to end," he said. "We've actually got to show some muscle and determination and fix this once and for all."

He pledged Britain under the Tories would stop issuing visas and giving foreign aid to countries which refuse to take back people deported from the UK.