Should Improper Entry into the United States be Decriminalized?
In recent months, decriminalization of improper entry into the United States has become a mainstream issue in the Democratic primary. During the first Democratic debate, presidential candidate Julian Castro called for repealing, 8 U.S. Code § 1325, the statute governing improper entry and creating a new paradigm in which improper entry would only constitute a civil, rather than criminal, offense. Fourteen other Democratic candidates have since indicated that they would also r