Donald Trump’s administration is returning 35 British nationals to the United Kingdom as part of a sweeping immigration enforcement campaign.The deportees, all of whom resided illegally in the United States, have been identified by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) as among the most dangerous foreign criminals apprehended during the President’s crackdown.All those identified feature on its “worst of the worst” register.Remarkably, Britain is receiving more of these dangerous deportees than either Afghanistan or Iraq, which have 19 and 31 individuals on the register respectively.
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The figures are equally striking when compared with major European nations: the UK’s 35 criminals exceed the combined total being sent to France, Germany and Italy, which are receiving nine, eight and 10 respectively.The list, which continues to expand, represents a key part of the Trump administration’s pledge to prioritise the removal of the most egregious offenders from American soil.Three British women feature among the 35 individuals marked for deportation.The criminal histories of these British nationals include homicide, drug trafficking, sexual exploitation of minors, fraud and making bomb threats.The Department of Homeland Security has detailed additional offences including enticement of a minor, lewd or lascivious acts with children, robbery, assault, aggravated assault and weapons offences.Such a catalogue of serious criminality underscores why these individuals earned their place on ICE’s most notorious list.Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, issued a stark warning to those who flout American immigration law.”If you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the US,” she told the Daily Mail.LATEST DEVELOPMENTSDonald Trump withdraws 700 Ice agents from Minnesota with immediate effectDonald Trump’s sharp clampdown on immigration policy CAN be done in Britain, ex-Border Force Director General saysDonald Trump says Europe is ‘not the same place’ as mass migration sweeps continentMs McLaughlin confirmed that more than half of the 35 British criminals, 22 in total, have already been expelled from the country.The 35 British nationals on the “worst of the worst” register represent merely a portion of the total removals to the United Kingdom under the administration’s comprehensive immigration policies.The Department of Homeland Security has identified several individuals by name on the register.President Trump’s administration has been accused of heavy-handed and inhumane tactics as well as violating court orders while carrying out his mass deportation program.A federal judge in Michigan criticized the administration in a January 31 ruling ordering the release of a five-year-old boy.A photo of the boy wearing a blue bunny hat outside his house as federal agents stood nearby went viral who was detained by immigration agents in Minnesota.The administration is now seeking to deport the boy.
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