Homeland Security to End ‘Catch and Release' Policy

The Associated Press reports Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff promises to end the “catch and release” policy that has allowed tens of thousands of non-Mexican illegal aliens to disappear within the United States.

“Return every single illegal entrant — no exceptions,” Chertoff said in prepared testimony to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on proposals to overhaul the immigration system.

It's about time.