GOP attorneys general push for fix to ‘catch-and-release loophole' at southern border, citing terror

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GOP attorneys general push for fix to ‘catch-and-release loophole' at southern border, citing terror thre

Republican attorneys general, led by Florida AG Ashley Moody, are calling on the Biden administration to fix what they say is a catch-and-release "loophole" — calling for urgency in the wake of the terror attack in Israel.

The coalition of 27 states has written to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the agency to make regulatory changes that "close the catch-and-release loophole that [DHS] is currently exploiting to implement its mass release policy at the Southwest border."...............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-attorneys-general-push-fix-catch-release-loophole-southern-border-citing-terror-threat

The petition to initiate rulemaking notes language in U.S. Code 1225 that specifies that migrants crossing illegally or presented at a port of entry "shall be detained" if they are not entitled to be admitted. .............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-attorneys-general-push-fix-catch-release-loophole-southern-border-citing-terror-threat