Reform plans ICE-style deportation agency and end indefinite leave to remain

Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, said the party would create a new deportation agency and end indefinite leave to remain, replacing it with renewable work visas; the speech also outlined wider policing and counter‑extremism changes.

Reform UK’s new home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, set out a package of immigration and policing proposals in a speech. He said the party would create a dedicated deportation agency and change the rules on settled status. The speech also included plans for policing, counter‑extremism and restrictions on certain changes of worship buildings. Labour responded critically to the proposals. What Reform says: - Zia Yusuf said Reform would create a new deportation agency focused on removing people present in the UK illegally. - He announced plans to end indefinite leave to remain and to replace it with renewable work visas of limited duration and a higher salary threshold. - The speech proposed expanding stop-and-search powers, refocusing the Prevent programme on Islamist extremism, and banning the conversion of churches into other places of worship. - Labour described the plans as divisive and said they would affect settled families who have built lives in the UK. Summary: The proposals, as presented by Zia Yusuf, would change immigration enforcement, settlement status and aspects of policing and counter‑extremism if enacted. Undetermined at this time.