Like many Americans abroad, Kaelynn Narita has watched on in horror in recent months as immigration enforcement agents (ICE) brutally carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. A research manager with limited leave to remain in the UK, Ms Narita fears what could happen under Reform UK’s plans to oversee deportations as part of an ICE-style agency in Britain.
She has built a life in London over the past nine years and Reform’s pledge to scrap indefinite leave to remain (ILR) – permanent settled status in the UK – threatens to throw her future into jeopardy.
