Lee Anderson says the UK should follow Trump’s lead (Image: Getty)
has suggested that the uses an island as a migrant detention centre as President carries out mass deportations.
The MP for Ashfield emphasised differences between Sir and Mr Trump’s approaches.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report that more than 3,500 undocumented migrants have been arrested since the President returned to the Oval Office. This figure includes just over 1,000 on Tuesday, 969 on Monday and 1,179 on Sunday.
Earlier this week, the Colombian government agreed to allow US military flights carrying deported migrants to land after initially barring them.
Mr Trump administration responded by threatening tariffs on Colombian exports to the US.
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Trump has promised to crackdown on illegal migration (Image: Getty)
Mr Anderson shared on X a report that up to 30,000 migrants who are not able to be returned to their home countries will be held at a new Guantanamo Bay detention centre on the island of Cuba.
He said this morning: “US v UK. USA: Illegal migrants to be sent to a secure detention in another country to keep US citizens safe and act as a deterrant.
“UK: Bring them over in a boat, put them in four star hotels, give them free healthcare, free legal representation and allow them to commit crimes without being deported making our streets unsafe.
“I’m sure we have enough islands to build a detention centre on.”
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US v UKUSA : Illegal migrants to be sent to a secure detention in another country to keep US citizens safe and act as a deterrant.UK : Bring them over in a boat, put them in 4 star hotels, give them free healthcare, free legal representation and allow them to commit crimes…
— Lee Anderson MP (@LeeAndersonMP_)
Mr Trump has taken more than 21 actions on immigration, and issued a range of edicts aiming to carry out promises to deliver mass deportations and tighter border security outlined on the campaign trail.
The defence department has confirmed that it will provide military aircrafts to deport more than 5,000 people detained by Border Patrol in San Diego and El Paso, Texas.
Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has promised that deportations will increase steadily.
The Columbian President Gustavo Petro said that “the US can’t treat Colombian migrants like criminals”, and people should be “treated with dignity”.