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Sajid Javid to be new home secretary after Rudd resigns
![Sajid Javid será el secretario del Interior del Reino Unido después de la renuncia al escándalo de Windrush]()
Javid, 48, is the first member of an ethnic minority to hold the position, one of the most senior in the British government. Sajid Javid será el secretario del Interior del Reino Unido después de la renuncia al escándalo de Windrush
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Sajid Javid as the new Home Secretary on Monday after the previous interior minister Amber Rudd quit over the treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents wrongly labelled illegal immigrants.
The son of a Pakistani bus driver said he would review immigration policy to make sure it was fair and people were treated with "dignity and respect".
Ms Rudd quit after she said she "inadvertently" misled MPs over immigration removal targets.
The prime minister said Ms Rudd resigned because she gave information to MPs that was "not correct".
Ms Rudd told MPs last week the Home Office did not have targets for removing illegal immigrants, but on Sunday the Guardian published a letter in which Ms Rudd set out her "ambitious but deliverable" aim to deport 10% more illegal immigrants over the "next few years" to Theresa May.
When asked if she should take some personal responsibility for her home secretary's resignation, Mrs May said on Monday: "When I was home secretary, yes, there were targets in terms of removing people from the country who were here illegally.
"If you talk to members of the public they want to ensure we are dealing with people who are here illegally."
She said she was "very sorry" to see Ms Rudd go, adding: "I think she can look back with pride as home secretary."
