Nigel Farage has claimed that ICE “has gone beyond its limit”, calling for a “big rethink” in how the US immigration agency operates.

The Reform UK leader made the comments during a press conference at the party’s offices on Monday afternoon, following the emergence of footage showing a second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis. These two incidents, resulting in the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, have supercharged criticism across the United States of ICE’s operations.

Yesterday, Farage also acknowledged ICE’s role in reducing illegal immigration, calling recent US figures “really interesting”. However, he said the agency’s current enforcement practices have crossed a line and now require urgent reassessment.

The remarks come as London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned that Farage could pursue an ICE-style immigration crackdown if elected to government. Khan claimed in a speech to the Fabian Society on Saturday that ICE “is a new extreme” and something that a Reform government “could seek to emulate” should the party win the next general election.

Despite being a longtime ally of the US President, Farage has become increasingly critical of the Trump administration in recent weeks. Last week, in an interview with US House Speaker Mike Johnson on his GB News show, Farage said that the President’s threats of tariffs over Greenland risked damaging ties between America and Nato allies. The Clacton MP went on to say that “to have a US president threatening tariffs unless we agree that he can take over Greenland” is a “very hostile act”.

After Trump’s initial round of tariffs last April on a host of foreign countries, Farage labelled the action “excessive” but also claimed that the President had the mandate to do so after promising to implement them during the election. Recent reports have also claimed the relationship between the two men has soured, with the Times suggesting that “Trump has lost faith in Farage.”

Other British politicians have praised ICE in the past. The Conservatives under Kemi Badenoch have pledged to introduce a UK immigration enforcement agency modelled after the American one, claiming that the US approach had been “successful” in reducing immigration.