Illegal Migrant working at Home Office for 18 months.

The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith faced huge embarrassment last night after it emerged that an illegal immigrant had been caught working on the front desk at the Home Office.

The Nigerian man was picked up as immigration officers examined the status of more than 11,000 foreigners mistakenly cleared to work across Britain.

Aides said the Home Secretary was furious over the discovery of an illegal worker within her own department. The security guard had been in the department for about 18 months, checking the passes of visitors to the Home Office.

The man, supplied to the department by a sub-contractor, faces deportation after being arrested on Friday night.

Jacqui Smith told us that those employing illegal immigrants would be prosecuted, and I have to agree with what David Davis made of this farce:

"Last week the Home Secretary could not go out of her way enough to lay the blame for the SIA shambles at the door of employers. If she is going to try and avoid responsibility in such away she should at least check her own house is in order. Who will the Home Office now prosecute and fine? Itself?"

**Oh dear, it would appear that my previous post on Home Sec. Jacqui Smith was correct. Can someone get her a clown suit, bright red nose and a flower that squirts water?

Tags: Silly Cow, New Labour, Cool Britannia, Jacqui Smith

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