Currently, many migrants who are released on their own recognizance to appear in US court simply do not show up for the hearing
As BBC notes, currently in many cases illegal migrants are released shortly after detention on their own recognizance to appear in court for their case hearing. Since migrants understand that the hearings will most likely result in their deportation, they often simply do not show up in court.
To end this practice, Trump, who had promised to fight illegal migration during his election campaign, demanded in January 2017 that the Department of Homeland Security prepare a document allowing the arrest of migrants pending trial.
A month later, the department issued such a document. It described the steps necessary to change the operating principles of border control and immigration services. In his current executive order, Trump notes that the proposed measures have proven effective.
Now Trump has issued a new executive order demanding a final end to the release of detained migrants and that they be held in custody until their case is heard by a court. The relevant authorities must report to him on the work done in this direction within a few months.
Trump justified his decision by saying that drug smuggling and human trafficking from Mexico, as well as illegal crossing of the US border by members of criminal gangs, threaten the security of both US citizens and the state as a whole.
Talk about the need to stop operating on the 'catch and release' principle has been circulating in the US since the time of George W. Bush. At that time, options such as 'catch and deport' and 'catch and detain' were considered as alternatives.
Earlier, Trump said he had discussed with Pentagon leadership the possibility of sending US troops to the Mexican border, particularly to those sections where a wall is planned. According to the US president, the military will guard the wall until it is completed.
Currently, the first units of the US National Guard have already moved to problematic sections of the border. In particular, 250 people have already arrived at the border with Mexico in Texas, and another 150 people are to be sent to the border by the authorities of Arizona.
Trump has repeatedly stated that he is dissatisfied with the security of the US-Mexico border. From the very beginning of his election campaign, he promised to build a giant barrier on the southern border of the US, emphasizing that Mexico would pay for it.