Polanski accuses Farage of wanting to emulate ICE-style US ‘death squads’

In September last year, the Mirror published an article titled Inside Donald Trump’s deportation ‘goon squads’ that are blueprint for Nigel Farage’s Britain. It highlighted the deeply violent tactics employed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — tactics which appear to be rubbing off on British immigration policies.

US immigration: evictors or executioners?

On 7 January, one of these goon squad members repeatedly shot a young mother point-blank in Minnesota.

Responding to the savage attack, Zack Polanski described ICE agents as acting like ‘death squads’.

Farage wants to bring Trump’s death squads to the streets of Britain. Together, we will stop him.https://t.co/o8UBPVNidD

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) January 8, 2026

The murdered woman was named Renee Nicole Good:

Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old wife & mother, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was killed today by Donald Trump's ICE agents.

After shooting her while she attempted to drive away, they denied her medical treatment.

Her President offers no sympathy for her avoidable death, nor… pic.twitter.com/pLSSgCOf1E

— Rahul SA 🇿🇦 (@Rahul_AJ_1990) January 8, 2026

While Good did indeed drive away, it’s reported that the three agents surrounding her car gave conflicting instructions.

The agent who shot her did so from the side of her vehicle, and he shot multiple times. Following the shooting, ICE agents allegedly refused a physician from giving her medical attention.

Trump’s playbook in Farage’s grasp

In September 2025, the Mirror published a report highlighting the prevalence of fear and lawlessness as a result of the conduct of ICE.

In the dead of night, unmarked vans sweep into neighbourhoods.

Armed officers pour out, faces masked, weapons ready. They don’t ask questions. They don’t show proof. They just take people.

We watched it unfold in Chicago. On these streets, once ruled by gang boss Al Capone, a new mob now spreads, only this one is backed by the government. Families are torn apart in an instant. Fathers are dragged away in handcuffs as children scream.

Young men are slammed against walls. All those seized have their pockets emptied, then they are shackled. Older men, some in their 70s, are bundled into vans as if they were nothing more than cargo. This is life in Donald Trump’s America.

And with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK riding high in the polls, its leader threatening mass deportations, some fear these are scenes that could one day soon be played out in Britain too.

Reform UK has unveiled plans to deport hundreds of thousands of migrants, a move that would necessitate a major expansion of the relevant authorities. As the Mirror reported, Farage stated:

There is only one way to stop people coming into Britain and that is to detain them and deport them.

Farage has been somewhat vague on how they will enact hundreds of thousands of deportations, and that’s almost certainly by design. Kemi Badenoch clearly lacks Farage’s foresight, however, which is why she admitted:

My message is clear: if you’re here illegally, you will be detained and deported.

Our new Removals Force, modelled on US ICE, will deport 150,000 illegal migrants each year. pic.twitter.com/mjQwuSe77w

— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) October 5, 2025

When she made the statement, we already knew ICE was functioning with the same brutality as the Gestapo. Clearly Badenoch failed to anticipate the controversy her remarks would provoke which unsurprisingly, eventually played out in global headlines.

Cruel and deadly

Polanski drew attention to both Badenoch and Reform’s plans:

Our politics is heading increasingly in a dangerous direction.

We must, and will, resist. pic.twitter.com/Ib8yZhVrhC

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) January 8, 2026

As you can see, Reform want a deportation ‘enforcement unit’, which sounds like ICE by another name.

Polanski wasn’t the only one to call out Farage and Badenoch either:

What happened in Minneapolis wasn't self defence, it was cold blooded, state sponsored murder.

And now Reform and the Tories want to replicate the conditions that caused it here.

We will not allow our neighbours and friends to be threatened, deported or killed.

¡No pasarán! https://t.co/JMlHExYPy8

— Thomas Atkin-Withers 💚🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 #RejoinEU (@Thomas_Atkin_1) January 8, 2026

The British will not accept a Trump ICE force in the UK.

The people who cry endlessly we have no money for housing, healthcare, supporting families etc… suddenly keen on spaffing £1.6bn on deportations https://t.co/Lafq1laZ5u

— JimmyTheGiant (@jimthegiant) January 8, 2026

It’s obvious where UK immigration is headed with America’s Trump paving the way. With the US a few years ahead of the UK, it’s essential that the British public understand the implication of this violent approach to immigration — one that had no place in our society.

Featured image via Gage Skidmore