Criminal immigrants in the United Kingdom (UK) could face deportation under a recently publicized plan announced by the justice secretary.

Currently, the proposal includes a plan where England and Wales inmates who have fixed-term sentences could be deported immediately, as Breitbart News reported.

In a move that is strikingly similar to the plan of President Donald Trump’s, those who are deported after a conviction will not be allowed to re-enter the UK.

The decision about where the convicts serve their sentences will be up to the country to which they are sent, according to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Immigrant inmate population

Recent data indicate that foreign offenders currently make up about 12% of the prisoner population in the UK.

Those figures also state that each prison placement costs £54,000 (or $72,548.47 U.S.), according to the government.

Sarah Pochin could not have been clearer: a @reformparty_uk government will deport every last illegal migrant in Britain.

We will detain them, put them on planes, and pull out of the ECHR to end the sham “human rights” appeals once and for all.

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— Nicholas Lissack (@NicholasLissack) August 11, 2025

From government officials

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that criminal foreigners would be sent “packing” if they "abuse our hospitality and break our laws.”

"This government is taking radical action to deport foreign criminals, as part of our Plan for Change. Deportations are up under this government, and with this new law they will happen earlier and faster than ever before," she said.

While Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick had his own take, criticizing the officials and saying that some countries could refuse to take back their deported citizens.

"If countries won't take back their nationals, Starmer should suspend visas and foreign aid. His soft-touch approach isn't working," he said.

Legal changes

This comes on the heels of a legal change that came in June, which is expected to become enforceable in September of this year.

The plan means that prisoners would possibly face deportation 30% into their sentence, instead of at the current 50% point.

However, the government would need Parliament to back the proposal to bring the amount of time served before deportation down to 0%.

The deportation of criminal aliens is something that Trump has already done with some significant success. The president has even brokered deals with “third countries” to take immigrants that do not originate from that nation, but need to be deported from the United States.