Immigration Enforcement Ramps Up, But Sanctuaries Obstruct

ICE agents arrest an illegal immigrant during an operation targeting sanctuary cities, in California, in Sept. 2017. ICE

WASHINGTON—One of the Trump administration’s main immigration goals is to end the practice of catch-and-release.

The same goal existed 12 years ago, in 2006, under former president George W. Bush, said Gary Mead, the former head of ICE’s enforcement and removal operations.