Posted on 04/06/2018 4:46:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Trump signs memo ordering end to 'catch and release' practices
By Jesse Byrnes - 04/06/18 07:32 PM EDT
President Trump signed a memorandum on Friday ordering agencies to "expeditiously end" the practice critics call "catch and release" that allows immigrants caught in the U.S. without proper documents to be released while their immigration cases play out in courts.
The memo signed by Trump orders the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with other agencies, to submit a report to the president within 45 days "detailing all measures that their respective departments have pursued or are pursuing to expeditiously end 'catch and release' practices."
The report instructs departments to share information on any contracts to construct or operate detention facilities along the border as well as steps taken to assign asylum officers at detention facilities, among other measures.
As part of the order, Trump is requesting "a detailed list of all existing facilities, including military facilities, that could be used, modified, or repurposed to detain aliens for violations of immigration law at or near the borders of the United States."
Trump has also directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to identify any other resources or steps "that may be needed to expeditiously end 'catch and release' practices."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Should have been done at noon on Jan 20, 2017 but ok. It’s a step in the right direction.
End it of course! Who wouldn’t?! The text of the article and about a dozen I read through do not always make clear that he said do it now, report progress, and be done in 45 days, plus ask for any resources you need. Some were that specific. I’ve searched and cannot find a copy of the memo yet, just these many 2nd hand reports. It is definitely stirring things up!
¡¡¡Muy mucho victorioso !!
More Winning!
You forgot disgraced former CIA director Brennan.
Then you should have said that in your initial post instead of phrasing a snarky “either-or” question.
Good we have all those FEMA camps.
I want to see an EO that states anyone having ditched a court hearing is not eligible for residency or citizenship.
Agreed....
.... Finally, orders that make sense.
LOL, I went to Wikipedia to see if it was a law or a policy and it has already been updated as ending 4-6-18.
Joe is too busy being the spoiler in the AZ Senate election. I have lost all respect for him.
I imagine 2 Hawaiian judges, 2 Californian judges, and one from Massachusetts wake up the next day as inmates at Gitmo.
I sure hope it is immediate. Any agency that doesn't, should get new leadership.
Yeah!
The title is a kind of misleading since Catch and release has not been ended yet. It will be 2 months at the minimum and that is if there is no interference from the political activist judges. And I would not count on that not happening.
Should have been a day one thing.
Better late than never.
Jan 25, 2017 Executive Order was the ‘how’
now it’s the ‘do it’
and Flakie - and McCain - can’t say a thing, because they are both on record, in multiple bills, as supporting the move:
https://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/7/flake-seeks-expedited-end-of-catch-and-release-immigration-policy
Here come the US media, Democrats and the UN screaming: Human Rights Violations!
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