A couple say three foster children were taken from them because of their membership of the UK Independence Party.
The unnamed couple, from South Yorkshire, took on a baby girl, a boy and an older girl from an ethnic and troubled family background in September.
Less than eight weeks into the placement they were visited by a Rotherham social worker and foster agency official who accused them of belonging to a party with "racist policies" which meant they were unsuitable to look after the children.
The visit followed an anoymous tip-off about the couple's party membership.
The husband and wife tell The Daily Telegraph they were left "dumbfounded" and "offended".
The wife said: "I was dumbfounded. Then my question to both of them was, 'What has UKIP got to do with having the children removed?'
UKIP leader Nigel Farage condemned the decision "Then one of them said, 'Well, UKIP have got racist policies'. The implication was that we were racist."
"I said, 'I am absolutely offended that you could come in my house and accuse me of being a member of a racist party'."
The paper said the wife denied she and her husband were racist and told the officials they would not have taken them on if they were.
The youngsters were taken away from them within a week.
The wife she was left "bereft", adding: "We felt like we were criminals. From having a little baby in my arms, suddenly there was an empty cot."
UKIP leader Nigel Farage condemned the decision and said: "The council and the panel clearly have no understanding of UKIP and by their actions, clearly no desire to know. To take children out of a safe family environment for such false reasons means they are failing in their role."
Rotherham Council said the decision to remove the children was taken with "careful consideration".
"After a group of sibling children were placed with agency foster carers, issues were raised regarding the long-term suitability of the carers for these particular children," it said in a statement.
"With careful consideration, a decision was taken to move the children to alternative care. We continue to keep the situation under review."
A parliamentary by-election for Rotherham is due to take place next Thursday.
Rotherham Council is Labour-controlled. A spokesperson for the Labour Party said: "Membership of UKIP should not block parents from adopting children. There needs to be an urgent investigation by Rotherham Borough Council into this decision."
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