David Cameron faces possible rebellion in the Commons as Tory MPs push for a ban on foreign criminals using European human rights law to avoid deportation.
It comes despite ministers unveiling their own last minute amendment to the Immigration Bill to strip terror suspects of UK citizenship.
But about 100 Tory MPs want to go further and curb the power of judges to block deportation of foreign criminals who have family links to Britain.
The debate begins at about 11:15 GMT.
Some Conservative backbenchers could also vote against the government by backing a demand to reintroduce the working restrictions Romanians and Bulgarians that were scrapped on 1 January. A vote on this originally due before Christmas, with some critics claiming it had been delayed to avoid a rebellion.
Last-minute proposalBut support for this amendment to the bill is thought to be waning, with the focus shifting instead to the foreign criminal and human rights issue.
Some Conservative MPs fear the government amendments to the Immigration Bill could deprive them of the chance to debate proposals that could bring Britain into conflict with the European Court of Human Rights.
Home Secretary Theresa May has come up with a last-minute proposal that would see terror suspects stripped of their citizenship even if it left them stateless.
It would not apply to British citizens but could see foreigners who have become naturalised citizens whose conduct is deemed "seriously prejudicial" lose their nationality.
People with dual nationality can already lose their British passports.
The Home Office insists the powers would be used sparingly and in strict accordance with the UK's international obligations. It also has the support of the Lib Dem leadership, who accept it would only apply in a tiny number of cases.
'Government trick'Immigration Minister Mark Harper said: "Citizenship is a privilege, not a right. These proposals will strengthen the home secretary's powers to ensure that very dangerous individuals can be excluded if it is in the public interest to do so."
But the legal charity Reprieve has described the plan as an "alarming development" saying it would give the home secretary power to "tear up people's passports without any need for the kind of due process".
Mrs May's proposal has been added to a list of about 50 government amendments to the Immigration Bill - making it less likely that rebel amendments will be debated.
Downing Street has insisted it is up to Commons Speaker John Bercow to decide the order in which amendments are debated.
But Tory rebel Dominic Raab said: "It's a classic government trick. They try and concertina the agenda so that they have got the power to talk out amendments that they find inconvenient. Then they blame the Speaker for it. The Speaker actually has very limited powers."
Mr Raab said his amendment calling for foreign criminals to be deported more easily is "vital" to make Theresa May's proposal work, as there was no point in stripping someone of their citizenship if they could not then be deported.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The point is we need to be much more robust about this. It's not illegal. It's totally enforceable. The government legal advice is that the courts would enforce it and, actually, its what the public want to see."
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