UK Migrant Fired Over Political Views—Could Free Speech Cost You Your Visa? Can expressing your political opinion threaten your immigration status in the UK? That’s the haunting reality facing Shoaib Sohail, a Pakistani migrant who’s lived in the UK legally since 2008. After being fired for supporting a far-right figure online, he now fears deportation. His case raises urgent questions about free speech, digital scrutiny, and the fragile line migrants must walk.