The Tory minister in charge of deportation said she didn't know about the numerical targets, but a secret memo shows she was lying.

A former manager of the immigration agency says that ministers could hardly have been ignorant of the targets. He also says that the policy ("hostile environment") is more responsible for the cruelty than the targets are. Maybe that is so, but targets can push staff to be crueler than their consciences would normally permit.

US Republicans are even worse, because they are theocratic too. The Tories don't judge people by their lifestyle, only by their wealth.