UK Home Office threatens illegal immigrants with text messages

[mawilson 2,133]

UK.gov has unveiled its latest weapon in its battle against illegal immigration –

the fearsome text message.

Home secretary John Reid today outlined a stack of proposals to make life for

illegals "uncomfortable and constrained". We presume he meant to add "even

more".

Reid's aim is to prevent illegal immigrants accessing public services. He railed

against foreigners who come to the UK "stealing our benefits" and accessing

the NHS for free, according to the BBC.

Reid described plans for a "watch list" of illegal migrants to alert government

departments when they apply for services to which they're not entitled.

Foreigners settling in the UK legally will need to carry ID cards, and landlords

and employers will face action if they employ or house illegal immigrants.

Part of the crackdown will include a "pilot" scheme to remind individuals who

enter the UK on visas to not to over-stay. Reid didn't elaborate on how the

Home Office proposes to police the cellphones of immigrants. Not to mention

whether he planned to strike the world's biggest free SMS deal to avoid

bankrupting the HM Treasury.

But that's all just detail.

The point is the mere sight of a Home Office text will clearly be enough to scare

people on the cusp of overstaying right back over the UK's borders. Which

presumably will put them in the middle of the deep blue sea. Luckily, they'll

have their mobiles so they'll be able to call the coast guard for help. For which

John Reid will presumably charge them.

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[almaty 19]

Reid sounds like a wishful thinking chopf##k