Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today re-introduced the Keep Our Communities Safe Act (S.291) with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), David Vitter (R-La.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The legislation would close the legal loophole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in Zadvydas v. Davis case (2001) that requires immigration authorities to release back into the United States any immigrant that has not been accepted for deportation to other countries after being detained for six months. This practice is commonly referred to as “catch and release.”

Inhofe explains that tens of thousands of convicted criminals are released annually due to the loophole:

“Currently, if no other country will accept a convicted immigrant for deportation within six months, federal policy instructs for them to be released back into the United States.

Source: Craig Bannister, mrctv.org