This one might be legal, but it’s disgusting.
Children who have been sexually exploited and women who have been attacked by their partners are among more than 2,000 victims of serious crime who police reported to immigration enforcement
Obviously this policy is going to stop victims reporting the crimes they’ve been subject to. It’s an explicit prioritisation of punishing the “crime” of wanting or needing to reside in the UK over the actual crime of violent assault and abuse.
Even some Conservative MPs are against it, with Sir Bob Neill claiming “It’s making them victims twice over”.