TORIES will promise to introduce a US-style immigration force to deport up to 150,000 people a year.
Leader Kemi Badenoch will unveil the Conservatives’ toughest border policies yet at her first party conference.
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The plan is part of a policy blitz as the Tories try to stop haemorrhaging support to Reform UK.
Ms Badenoch will pledge to create a £1.6billion removals force like the hardline US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Since President Donald Trump’s second term started in January, it has seen more than two million illegal immigrants either leave the US voluntarily or be removed.
As the party faithful gathered in Manchester, Ms Badenoch — who turned up hand-in-hand with husband Hamish — said: “We must tackle the scourge of illegal immigration to Britain and secure our borders.
“That is why the Conservatives are setting out a serious and comprehensive new plan to end this crisis.
“Labour offer failed gimmicks like ‘one thousand in, one out’.
“Reform have nothing but announcements that fall apart on arrival.”
The plan — if the Conservatives win the next election — would see all new illegal migrants deported within a week of arrival.
The “Removals Force” would be handed sweeping powers like facial recognition to spot them.
Police will have to conduct immigration checks on everyone they stop.
Illegal migrants would be banned from claiming asylum and refugee status will be for only those whose government is trying to kill them.
Immigration tribunals would be abolished and legal aid denied.
Ms Badenoch has committed to taking the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights — used to argue against deportations.
But she has been accused of mimicking Nigel Farage’s Reform policies with tougher stances on borders and net zero.
Insiders claim Tory MPs are holding on to letters calling for Ms Badenoch to quit so they can use them when she can be challenged after a year in office — on November 3.
But others expect a move would be more likely after May’s local elections.
Asked if they will topple Ms Badenoch after another bad performance at the ballot box, Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho told The Sun on Sunday: “Kemi’s had one of the toughest jobs in politics.
“If you’re someone who takes over a party after it’s lost an election, it’s a pretty rough ride.
“We’re now taking on energy and you’ll see even more from us on immigration.
“Those are the things that I think the public care about.”
But on the eve of the Conference, London Assembly member Keith Prince became the latest Tory to jump ship to Reform.
A Labour Party spokesperson insisted: “The Conservatives’ message on immigration is; we got everything wrong, we won’t apologise, now trust us.
“It won’t wash.”
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