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Farage says he wants to ‘hijack’ Trump’s ICE czar to help secure UK border

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editor, R. M. W. (2026, September 20). Farage says he wants to ‘hijack’ Trump’s ICE czar to help secure UK border. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/20/farage-says-he-wants-to-hijack-trumps-ice-czar-to-help-secure-uk-border

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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, announced at an event in the United States that he plans to bring Tom Homan, a hardline immigration adviser to President Donald Trump, to the UK to help enforce stricter border control policies. Homan is known for his aggressive stance on deportations and was involved in controversial measures like family separation under the Trump administration. Farage's comments come as relations between the White House and Downing Street are tense over issues such as Iran and Israel policy.
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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, wants to bring Tom Homan, a key adviser for US President Donald Trump on ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), to the UK to help "secure our borders." Speaking at an event where Homan was present, Farage said he plans to "hijack" him. Farage also urged Europe to view the Trump administration more positively than how it is often portrayed in mainstream media as "villainous." ICE has faced criticism for its aggressive approach to immigration enforcement, including fatal shootings by agents; since Trump took office, there have been 29 such incidents tracked by The Trace. Reform UK supports strict immigration policies, advocating for mass deportations and naval interceptions of migrant boats crossing the English Channel.

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Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
17 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Ryan Dinnage spent time protecting Farage in April and May, but in June was convicted of having raped a woman while she slept in a caravan at the Royal Windsor horse show.
🔮 He claimed that he had been involved in a “physical altercation” with another MP on the day of the state opening of parliament in May, so he decided to give it a “wide berth” in order to “avoid conflict” in the chamber. It later emerged his reservation had been removed by Commons staff as it did not have the proper date stamp. However, the row then escalated as Daisy Cooper, the Lib Dem deputy leader, claimed that her party’s MPs were involved in the May incident mentioned by Farage.
🔮 John Healey had said there will be a reduction in the welfare bill before the next election, with a “tough” approach to young people who do not accept support to get a job or training.
🔮 Nigel Farage skipped the chancellor’s first budget because he was worried he would get in a “physical altercation” with another MP in a row over seating arrangements.
🔮 The researchers said the central forecast from the Treasury’s comparison of independent experts implied UK aid would be £410m less than anticipated – at only 0.29% of national income.
🔮 As he prepared for a Downing Street summit on ending rough sleeping on Monday, Burnham said the budget would bring a further £432m commitment to helping to tackle homelessness.
🔮 The prime minister would be expected to make the final call if there is conflict on the decision.
🔮 The macho military analogies began in mid-August when Healey was said by the Telegraph to be “on a war footing” to stop the drip of information that he believed had beleaguered Rachel Reeves. The Financial Times added that “military-style protocols” were being deployed, while the Spectator was excited about the use of “classified computer systems” and the i newspaper described a process where officials could sign in to only their parts of the document and could not access the sections they were not working on. This weekend, the Observer reported that Healey was “flabbergasted” by the lack of security around financial information when he became chancellor and “it was so different to how we did things in the MoD”.
🔮 The prime minister made his plea for an “honest discussion” about free movement in an interview with the Sunday Times, making clear that staying out of it would no longer be a red line in talks with the EU.
🔮 Robert Jenrick has launched an extended attack on Kemi Badenoch for being part of a metropolitan elite, saying a coalition deal with the Tories would be like being “handcuffed to a zombie”.
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Topics

ICE Iran Reform The Trace the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Subjects

Trump PERSON · 12× Farage PERSON · 6× Homan PERSON · 4× ICE ORG · 4× Iran GPE · 2× Northern Ireland GPE · 2× Reform ORG · 2× Tom Homan PERSON · 2× Donald Trump’s PERSON · 1× Nigel Farage PERSON · 1×

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On Trump in general, Farage said at the event that it was “important that our country, and Europe too, get a better, more sensible view of America than it gets of the Trump administration through traditional mainstream media who frankly paint the whole project out to be villainous”.
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🔮 The party did not respond to a request for comment on whether it would seek to emulate Trump’s style of immigration enforcement under ICE which has been criticised for its brutality.

Claims (19 extracted, 2 hedged)

Nigel Farage has said he wants to “hijack” Donald Trump’s hardline ICE adviser and bring him to the UK “to secure our borders”. asserted
he → say → borders
Speaking at an event in the US, the Reform UK leader also called for Europe to take a “more sensible view” of the US president’s administration rather than seeing it as “villainous”. asserted
Europe → speak → it
Farage complimented Tom Homan, Trump’s adviser on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). asserted
Farage → compliment → Enforcement
Speaking at the event where Homan was a guest, he said: “I’ve got terrible news for you. asserted
I → speak → you
We’re hijacking Tom Homan and taking him back with us to secure our borders.” asserted
We → hijack → borders
Homan is Trump’s key adviser on ICE, which is under scrutiny over its aggressive approach to immigration enforcement after a number of fatal shootings by its agents, including two people in July. asserted
which → include → July
Salgado Araujo and Durán Guerrero were the 29th and 30th people that immigration officers have opened fire on since Trump took office last year, according to The Trace, an outlet that tracks shootings in its gun violence data hub. uncertain
that → open → hub
Homan has taken a more hands-on approach to immigration policy since Trump brought him in to “de‑escalate” tensions in Minneapolis, which was the scene of a brutal immigration crackdown in January. asserted
which → take → January
In Trump’s first term, he helped to design some of the administration’s most draconian measures – most notably family separation, a strategy reportedly deemed too severe by officials in the Obama White House, but which later became central to Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy. uncertain
which → help → policy
Reform UK has committed to a more hardline immigration policy than proposed by other mainstream parties, promising mass deportations of people who have entered the country illegally and deployment of the Royal Navy to intercept small boats in the Channel. asserted
who → commit → Channel
The party did not respond to a request for comment on whether it would seek to emulate Trump’s style of immigration enforcement under ICE which has been criticised for its brutality. asserted
which → respond → brutality
Farage interviewed Homan for his GB News show last year, describing him as uncompromising and saying he had achieved remarkable results on deportations, while acknowledging there had been “some backlash”. asserted
he → interview → deportations
On Trump in general, Farage said at the event that it was “important that our country, and Europe too, get a better, more sensible view of America than it gets of the Trump administration through traditional mainstream media who frankly paint the whole project out to be villainous”. asserted
who → say → project
Farage’s positive remarks towards Trump and his administration come after the Reform UK leader appeared to distance himself from the president, saying in April they had not spoken for many months and questioning his judgment on the Iran war. asserted
they → come → war
His latest trip to the US comes at a time when relations between the White House and Downing Street are under strain over Iran and policy towards Israel since Andy Burnham took over from Keir Starmer. asserted
Burnham → come → Starmer
Burnham will have his first meeting with Trump in New York next week, with the US president having previously described him as “extremely liberal” but also having praised him for potentially opening up the North Sea to further drilling. asserted
president → have → drilling
Farage did, however, depart from Trump’s views again earlier this week after the US president said he would love to see a united Ireland. asserted
he → depart → Ireland
“Northern Ireland is a proud and integral part of the United Kingdom,” Farage said. asserted
Farage → say → Kingdom
“The people of Northern Ireland neither want a referendum nor unification.” asserted
people → want → referendum
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