I have a rule not to believe a word that Reid says, he is a liar who makes stuff up as he goes along, even on the floor of the Senate.
http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=2555&wit_id=66
Testimony of
The Honorable Michael Chertoff
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
United States Department of Justice
February 28, 2007
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SBI Ends Catch and Release
Apprehension Rates Declined: Beginning in the third quarter, FY 2006 showed a marked decrease in the apprehension rate due, in principle, to the end of catch and release, the implementation of Operation Jump Start, and the expanded use of expedited removal procedures, among other factors. The graph below [not available on this webpage] provides historical data by fiscal year for total apprehensions of both Mexican and non-Mexican aliens between U.S. ports of entry. CBPs Office of Border Patrol (OBP) made nearly 100,000 fewer apprehensions in FY 2006 than in FY 2005 due to these factors. This decline is represented below by quarter, with the drop in apprehension rates corresponding to the implementation of Operation Jump Start in the third quarter of FY 2006 and the full implementation of catch and return in FY 2007.