Home Secretary Priti Patel latest comment on the Glasgow immigration raid which said this is what “British people voted for” is perhaps going to cause a major outcry in Scotland because she has said that she would approve it again.
Earlier, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s Labour leader Anas Sarwar and 25 other politicians wrote to Patel to say they opposed unannounced raids, adding that “Scotland has a very different attitude to immigration.”
The letter read: "We do not support these raids at any time... They are expensive, harmful, lacking in compassion, and more often than not aimed at people who are no threat to public safety."
“Hundreds of people took to the streets in protest when two Indian men were detained in a dawn raid in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow on May 14. The Home Office is set to pursue the men’s deportation as they are believed to have outstayed the terms of their visas,” an online publication reported.
The joint letter from the Scottish politicians, which was backed by MPs, MSPs and the leader of Glasgow City Council, said that Patel’s wider immigration plan has no support in Scotland.
