# Charity issues guide to foiling Home Office raids on illegal immigrants while taking taxpayer cash

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/charity-issues-guide-to-foiling-home-office-raids-on-illegal-immigrants-while-taking-taxpayer-cash/
- Published: 2026-11-14T22:49:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T23:03:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16292803/Charity-guide-Home-Office-raids-immigrants-taxpayer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Charity guide advises councillors on resisting immigration raids.
- Public funding includes more than £1 million in legal aid.
- Six Green-led London councils have refused co-operation.

## Summary

A migrant welfare charity has published a guide advising local councillors on ways to resist Home Office immigration raids, including challenging officers, filming operations and helping people leave. The article says the guidance has prompted criticism because the charity has received public funding, while the charity presents community resistance as solidarity with affected residents.

The guide, written by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants’ advocacy director Griff Ferris, also urges councils to withhold co-operation from Immigration Enforcement. The charity has received more than £1 million in legal aid since 2019, £47,015 from the Home Office for litigation costs, and other grants; it says more than 160 councillors have signed its statement. Six Green-led London councils have adopted policies refusing co-operation, and Reform’s Keith Prince criticised the approach.

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