Jenrick: Immigration Reform Needed Now to Prevent Visa ‘Fire Sale’

The former minister said integration is “impossible” with the current level of immigration, and that the Rwanda bill is unlikely to work.

Minister of State for Immigration Robert Jenrick delivers a speech on "sovereign borders in an age of mass migration" at the Policy Exchange in central London, England on April 25, 2023. Jordan Pettitt/PA Media

The immigration reforms announced this week must take effect immediately to prevent a “fire sale of visa applications,” former immigration minister Robert Jenrick said on Friday.

Mr. Jenrick, who resigned from Cabinet on Wednesday over the Rwanda bill, also insisted that the bill won’t end the merry-go-round of legal challenges that prevented the swift removal of new illegal immigrants.