GOP attorneys general push for fix to ‘catch-and-release loophole' at southern border, citing terror threat
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a coalition to push for a rulemaking change to prevent the release of migrants into the United States interior.
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. Attorneys general rulemaking petition by Fox News on Scribd Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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However, the attorneys general say that DHS has been using language in U.S. Code 1226, which says that foreign nationals to which it applies "may" be detained or may be released. The attorneys general say it is that power officials have been using to release migrants into the U.S. — citing stats that more than 100,000 were released via that authority in August alone.