Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified Thursday that U.S. law enforcement officers can do more to prosecute home burglars who break into a family’s home than immigrants who enter the country illegally because of “loopholes” in federal immigration law.

House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told Nielsen the first bill he ever filed during his first year in office 14 years ago dealt with catch and release policies. But he said the country is still seeing illegal immigrants who were apprehended at the southwest border be released into the interior and expected to show up for court dates two years down the road.