CAVE: Trump Administration Returns to 'Catch and Release'

[RandySF]

“The government said on Tuesday that it will release hundreds of migrant families wearing ankle bracelet monitors into the United States, effectively returning to the ‘catch and release’ policy that President Trump promised to eliminate,” the New York Times reports.

“Faced with a pair of court orders restricting immigration detentions, federal officials said they could not hold all of the migrant families who were apprehended at the southwestern border. They said their hands were tied by dueling requirements to release children from detention after 20 days and also keep them with their parents or other adult relatives.”


https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/10/trump-administration-returns-to-catch-and-release/

[fierywoman]

1. Pardon my ignorance, but isn't the phrase "catch and release"

used by fisherman who are just fishing for the sport of it? If so, why are human beings being referred to this way?