Reform plan to copy Trump’s masked ICE goon squads

As we’ve reported, masked goon squads have run amok in the US. The scary thing is these aren’t members of some militia or gang – these are agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

While these agents have always dealt in violence, Trump has turned them into a full-on Gestapo-style menace. In January, this saw them gun down Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. The response from the American public was incredibly negative, with Trump’s polling now in the toilet.

Despite the murder and negative political outcomes, however, Reform have decided they need to import ICE-style policing to the UK:

If you want concentration camps in the UK, people being grabbed off the streets, or murdered on them, five year olds being separated from their parents and locked up vote reform, but they’re still going to make you poorer https://t.co/KxmOVfDe9J

— Daniel Lismore (@daniellismore) February 23, 2026

Reform want ICE-style goons

There are many videos of violent ICE goons online, including literal murders:

The little ice agent with the brown beanie and the backpack aggressively escalated the situation. Two handed shoving women, pepper spraying people, wrestling the guy down from behind, hitting him with his can of pepper spray. That wasn't law enforcement https://t.co/W9VJIoW01s

— ElCaminoCat78 (@JtCatCamino) January 25, 2026

This is what we reported on 3 February:

On 26 January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wrestled nurse Alex Pretti to the ground and shot him multiple times in the back. The killing was caught on camera by several bystanders, providing various angles. The Trump regime initially defended the use of lethal force, with key advisor Stephen Miller describing Pretti as an “assassin“. Trump and others around him would later backtrack following massive public backlash.

Is this what we want on UK streets?

Death and mayhem, with government officials running cover for the violent thugs who commit it?

Oh, and Pretti wasn’t actually a migrant, by the way. So even if you are some sicko who would like to see migrants gunned down in the street, be aware that no one will be safe.

Another thing to be aware of is that ICE bolstered its numbers by relaxing its recruitment practices. One whistleblower within the agency said:

This isn’t the department of baking cookies. This is the Department of Homeland Security, where you can be deported from the country.

And we’re now employing people who are not equipped to tie their own shoelaces.

This whole thing is a complete disaster from beginning to end.

Imagine the angriest loser in your local area, and now imagine him with the authority to crack heads on a whim. This is what ICE looks like in practice.

And as one person pointed out, the thugs below could be the ICE agents of tomorrow:

They'll be queueing up round the block to join Zia Yusuf's ICE-style agency if the Manchester Britain's First march is anything to go by.🤬 #ReformUK https://t.co/pxpdjjTph8 pic.twitter.com/L62SCre87G

— The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 (@MittensOff) February 23, 2026

This is what the Guardian wrote about Reform’s upcoming announcement:

Reform UK would create an ICE-style agency dedicated to deporting hundreds of thousands of people, as well as terminating the status of those with indefinite leave to remain (ILR).

The New Statesman’s Oli Dugmore is among those who have spoken out:

ICE/CBP agents have shot 13 people since September.

I do not think we should “recreate ICE” in the UK.

This should be… uncontroversial pic.twitter.com/uBmjWrdkTu

— Oli Dugmore (@OliDugmore) February 23, 2026

The Green Party have also reacted:

🚨 BREAKING

➡️ REFORM will announce British ICE THUGS would be deployed on UK streets if they get into government

✅ Vote GREEN in Gorton and Denton

🛑 STOP REFORM https://t.co/X6mwNwUjhk

— Manchester Green Party 🐝 (@McrGreenParty) February 23, 2026

They’re far from the only ones either:

Reform to copy ICE, says Zia Yusuf👇

Because of course there's nothing more British than Gestapo-style police thugs terrorizing local communities and throwing 5 year-olds and grannies into detainment camps

It's actually what a lot of our – British – parents fought against pic.twitter.com/tpsj9lCt59

— Alex Taylor (@AlexTaylorNews) February 23, 2026

Does #Gorton & #Denton want ICE UK agents poking around your neighbourhood?

A vote for @GoodwinMJ is a vote for "where are your papers?". pic.twitter.com/radWIm6u0J

— Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) February 23, 2026

Announcements on announcements

Reform have made other announcements today (to be fair, that’s true most days, because Farage is addicted to press conferences):

Reform UK will protect Britain’s Christian heritage.

— Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) February 23, 2026

Britain’s ‘Christian heritage’ has become less important because British people have moved away from religion. You can feel sad about that, but trying to legislate faith is wishful ‘nanny state’ thinking.

Yusuf also promised to end the “invasion”:

Zia Yusuf: "We can and will secure our borders and end the invasion.” pic.twitter.com/nnauswb0sP

— Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) February 23, 2026

Where does Yusuf think this sort of rhetoric ends?

It can’t escape him that the talk around immigration has become more extreme year on year. Does he think that will magically end before we get to ‘remigration’ – i.e. the forced deportation of people of colour.

Because make no mistake – prominent figures are talking about remigration now:

Remigration is the only way https://t.co/HB4sxLGKl0

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 1, 2025

Yusuf is also still pretending to be the ‘shadow home secretary’ – something he legally is not. This would be sweet if he was four-years-old, because he’s got a special little podium and everything:

My first speech as Shadow Home Secretary: here’s how Reform will secure our borders, deport illegal migrants and make you feel safe 👇 pic.twitter.com/iRzztOY492

— Zia Yusuf (@ZiaYusufUK) February 23, 2026

At the end of the day, though, none of this will make Britons better off. Reform know this, and so do the billionaires who are backing them.

Featured image via The Canary