Shabana Mahmood is facing a growing backlash from her fellow Labour MPs over her latest immigration crackdown with one even likening it to Donald Trump's ICE.
The Home Secretary insisted that her 'firm but fair' plans, which include removing the duty to provide asylum support and making refugee status temporary as well as paying for failed asylum-seeking families to leave, were consistent with her party's values.
And she warned that if they are rejected it would pave the way for the Greens' 'fairytale' of open borders or Reform's 'nightmare' of pulling up the drawbridge.
'If we don't resolve these problems, others with none of our values will be given the chance to do so instead,' she said in a speech at the IPPR think-tank on Thursday.
And asked if the backbench rebellion will lead to yet another U-turn she insisted: 'I'm very clear that we have a majority of support in the parliamentary Labour party in order to get these reforms passed.'
In an interview she also claimed to have 'absolute confidence' that Sir Keir Starmer will stick with her plans, telling Sky News: 'I've discussed these reforms with the Prime Minister at length, not just today or last week, but for months now.'
However opposition to her proposals continues to grow with more than 100 Labour MPs signing a letter claiming they undermine the Government's commitment to social cohesion.
Tony Vaughan, a Labour MP and barrister at Sir Keir Starmer's old chambers who organised the letter, said: 'We can change our immigration system for the better without forgetting who we are as a Labour party.'
'You don't win back public confidence in the asylum system by threatening to forcibly remove refugees who have lived here lawfully for 15 or 20 years. That just breeds insecurity and fractured communities.'
Sarah Owen, chairman of the Women and Equalities Committee, wrote on social media: 'Of course we need an immigration system that is both credible and fair but what has been touted by the Home Office satisfies neither criteria. The idea of deporting children mimics Trump's ICE detention of children.
'Moving the goalposts for people who have upped their lives to work in and for our country is unjustifiable. This, and the language it's being delivered with, will only have negative implications on our economy, integration and social cohesion.
'This, at a time when communities are already stretched to breaking point, is the wrong direction politically and morally - as a party and as a country.'
Leaked messages from a WhatsApp group for Labour MPs, obtained by The Times, reveal that several refused a request to share an article written by Ms Mahmood for The Guardian.
Stella Creasy wrote: 'I look forward to reading the inevitable NAO report and the inevitable Windrush-style scandal that none of us stood on a manifesto to implement.'
Abtisam Mohamed said: 'This is anything but compassionate and can we stop selling it as such. Not Labour values at all.
'You should have engaged with us before coming up with such damaging policies.'