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  "path": "/politics/zia-yusuf-immigration-crackdown-vote-winner-reform",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T13:21:37.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
  "tags": [
    "Reform's Home Affairs Spokesman",
    "Reform UK accused of 'stealing' immigration policy by top Tory: 'We announced it months ago!'",
    "Reform will deport every single illegal migrant in radical visa system shake-up, Zia Yusuf says",
    "Zia Yusuf slams 'weak men and women who lack the spine' as he unveils Reform's immigration plans",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nReform UK's immigration crackdown has been branded a \"vote winner\" for the party, as Zia Yusuf outlined his plans to the nation.\n\nSpeaking to GB News, broadcaster Clare Muldoon said although some of his policy makes her feel \"uneasy\", the \"majority of the electorate\" will want his plan legislated.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDetailing his plans for Reform's immigration policy, Mr Yusuf vowed to \"secure our borders and stop the invasion\".\n\nReform's Home Affairs Spokesman told a press conference: \"Decades of Tory and Labour betrayal have broken Britain.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"There is a national security emergency at our borders, an epidemic of knife crime on our streets, public services collapsing under the weight of mass immigration and Islamist extremism being allowed to spread.\n\n\"Only Reform UK will do what is needed to fix our country. We will secure our borders, deport those here illegally, get the knives off our streets and make you feel safe.\"\n\nDelivering her verdict on Mr Yusuf's speech, Ms Muldoon told GB News: \"It's got Reform written all over it, hasn't really.\n\n\"They're grabbing headlines as Reform do and they're stoking the fire of immigration.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHowever, Ms Muldoon admitted that the policy will attract a \"winning\" number of votes for the party.\n\nShe said: \"I'm sure they will frame it for our security, for the security of the country, and it'll stoke a lot of votes. I think it will be a vote winner for Reform.\n\n\"And I think a lot of their electorate will want that to be part of legislation.\"\n\nCriticising Reform's proposed ban on visas for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Sudan and Syria, Ms Muldoon cautioned: \"I'm very uneasy about it. I think when you start to put bans on things like this, I prefer it be a longer ban on more countries.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Reform UK accused of 'stealing' immigration policy by top Tory: 'We announced it months ago!'\n  * Reform will deport every single illegal migrant in radical visa system shake-up, Zia Yusuf says\n  * Zia Yusuf slams 'weak men and women who lack the spine' as he unveils Reform's immigration plans\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Instead of just highlighting Pakistan for one, given the rape and the grooming gangs that we've been through in this country.\n\n\"And those poor girls, the victims of them, I think this is headline grabbing, and I don't think it's fair to play that point on the back of that.\"\n\nWeighing in on Reform's policy, former Labour Adviser Matthew Torbitt argued that Mr Yusuf is \"nicking Labour's clothes\" when it comes to immigration.\n\nHe told GB News: \"I think actually, weirdly, you'd never expect me to say that they're nicking Labor's clothes on this policy, because Shabana Mahmood would no doubt champion the fact that she's already doing this.\n\n\"She threatened Namibia and Angola with a similar sort of thing, said we're going to freeze visas unless you take these people back that we believe don't belong here anymore, and they saw results in that.\n\n\"So I suppose in that sense, the proof is in the pudding. It seems to have results.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe added: \"And it seems odd to me that they're still focusing on immigration. I think if you're talking about immigration at the next election, you're probably voting Reform.\n\n\"That's pretty priced in that you've given up on Tories who had the Boris wave, as it's now termed. Labour don't seem to be acting on the boats and people feel very frustrated.\"\n\nMr Yusuf also told the press conference that he backs a ban on \"all face coverings in public\" when asked by a reporter if he supported a Burka ban.\n\nHe told the press conference: \"I personally support a ban on all face coverings in public.\n\n\"That’s actually a piece of legislation that has multiple bonuses to it, because it’s going to aid integrations, and it’s also going to help people feel safe.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Zia Yusuf's immigration crackdown branded a 'vote winner' for Reform: 'Britons are frustrated!'"
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