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<p>The Home Office regularly receives written questions and correspondence from Honourable
Members and their constituents about this issue. Since 2010, we have clamped down
on illegal immigration.<br><br>The Immigration Act 2014 is a landmark piece of legislation
which builds on the Government’s ongoing reforms to our immigration system to ensure
it works in our national interest.<br><br>The Act will have a major impact on the
Home Office’s work to secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws and continue
to attract the brightest and the best to the UK.<br><br>The Act puts the law firmly
on the side of those who respect it, not those who break it. <br><br>Key measures
from the Act which are now in force including the introduction of enhanced duties
for registrars to report suspected sham marriages and civil partnerships; new powers
to streamline the recovery of illegal working penalties; the ability to remove harmfulindividuals
before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious irreversible harm.<br><br>The
Act also Strengthens requirements for the courts to have regard to Parliament’s view
of the public interest in immigration cases raising Article 8-making clear the right
to a family life is not to be regarded as absolute and unqualified.<br><br>New powers
to revoke the driving licences of known illegal immigrants are also included in the
Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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