Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan enters its final reckoning today as the immigration enforcement authorities begin to mobilise measures passed by parliament last week. Predictably, the liberal commentariat is kicking off…

The Guardian breathlessly set the ball rolling over the weekend:

“The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday, weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda… Detainees will be immediately transferred to detention centres, which have already been prepared for the operation, and held until they are put on planes to Rwanda. Some will be put on the first flight due to take off this summer.“

Twitter wonk Sam Freedman called it “sick and twisted behaviour” and alleged it is an improper use of the civil service. Ian Dunt called the measures “obscene“. Caroline Lucas intoned that immigration enforcement doing its job is “performative cruelty“. Or: performing…

Meanwhile, Labour’s Wes Streeting carefully avoided criticising the action on weekend media. It appears to be a shock to social media liberals that Immigration Enforcement, Border Force and the police routinely put people in immigration detention for a variety of reasons. It’s the law…