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The EU plan for ICE-style agents to deport illegal immigrants


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Could Europe see ICE-style agents deporting migrants? The EU is voting on tougher measures to tackle immigration with human rights group urging the EU parliament to reject the proposal, warning it could normalise mass detentions, surveillance and racial profiling.


Armed US ICE agents have shocked the world with aggressive crackdowns on undocumented migrants.


The EU is under pressure from far-right parties to introduce tougher measures to help control borders and deter people from entering illegally - but is this a step too far?


Joining Enda Brady for this discussion:


Fabrice Leggeri

French Member of the European Parliament


Michele LeVoy

Director of PICUM


Greg Swenson

Chairperson of Republicans Overseas UK


Loren Landau

Professor of Migration and Development at University of Oxford


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