Catch and release (immigration)
In February 2017, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, pursuant to executive orders by Trump, ordered an end to so-called ‘catch-and-release’ policies. By June 2017, thousands of people apprehended by U.S. authorities were still released from detention while they await immigration hearings. In April 2018, Trump signed an memorandum directing federal officials to report to him on measures to end ‘catch and release’ practices.
About Catch and release (immigration) in brief
The phrase catch and release originated in recreational fishing over a century ago. It originally referred to releasing fish after capture. In February 2017, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, pursuant to executive orders by Trump, ordered an end to so-called ‘catch-and-release’ policies. By June 2017, thousands of people apprehended by U.S. authorities were still released from detention while they await immigration hearings. Trump administration officials have argued that the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, legislation to aid victims of human trafficking, includes a catch- and-release loophole. In April 2018, Trump signed an memorandum directing federal officials to report to him on measures to end ‘catch and release’ practices.
The memo did not provide a way to fund additional detentions; additional appropriations would have to be made by Congress and mandatory detention at the border would be costly. On April 6, U. S. Representative Henry Cuellar said that the directive was more, more, salesmanship, since congressional approval would be needed to expand detention capabilities for immigration detention since it would be more expensive than anything else, other than salesmanship. The phrase ‘catch and release’, which is pejorative, is used to refer to a collection of policies, court precedents, executive actions and federal statutes spanning more than 20 years, cobbled together throughout Democratic and Republican administrations.
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