Asked whether she accepted the term “Boriswave” as a direct attack, Patel said: “It is, and I acknowledge that and absolutely accept that. So we have to move forward and do something about that, which is exactly the space our party is in right now.”
The Conservatives have announced plans to create a new force to detain and deport people modeled on the U.S. immigration enforcement team ICE, as part of plans to remove 750,000 people over the next five years.
However, speaking to POLITICO, Patel appeared to row back on the comparison pushed by her party when confronted with examples of reported ICE overreach.
“The two are different. America’s model is very different,” she said, adding that the British version would be “different because our laws are different.”
