3 Keys to Understanding the Attorney General’s Move to Limit ‘Catch and Release’

Attorney General William Barr has announced a new asylum policy to curb the government’s practice of catching illegal immigrants and then releasing them into the nation’s interior.

The American Civil Liberties Union already has vowed to challenge the change in court even as President Donald Trump seeks to use all legal tools at his disposal to control the flow of illegal immigrants.

The Justice Department contends that the attorney general is enforcing the text of the Immigration and Nationality Act, in line with a Supreme Court ruling last year.

Barr is on firm legal ground, the department says, in determining that illegal immigrants who seek asylum are not eligible for release on bond until their case is adjudicated.

Barr’s decision is already effective, so the Department of Homeland Security can conduct planning for additional detentions and parole decisions.

Here’s three things to know about the attorney general’s decision.

1. How Barr Came to the Decision

2. Does This Solve Catch and Release?

3. What the Law Says

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