Homeland Security Seeks to Stop ‘Catch and Release’

Current laws mean many illegal border crossers get released into communities within weeks of crossing the border

A Border Patrol agent pats down a man who crossed the Rio Grande River from Mexico into the United States in Hidalgo County, Texas, on May 26, 2017. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security is working on a new legislative package to close loopholes it says are “catastrophic” to border security.

The new package will seek to stop the exploitation of the asylum system and the practice of catch and release, according to senior administration officials on a press call on April 2.