News in Brief Ahead of the First Democratic Debates, Only Three Candidates Have Released Immigration Plans All of the 2020 Democrats want immigration reform, but so far only a few of them have described what that would entail. Jack Herrera
Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief Why Is Border Patrol Stopping Greyhound Buses in Pennsylvania? Customs and Border Protection searches of buses have increased—even far from the border. Jack Herrera
Social Justice Can Democrats Decriminalize Unauthorized Immigration? Xavier Becerra joined Julián Castro and Beto O'Rourke in calling to end criminal charges for those who enter the country illegally. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Border Patrol Can Stop Most Americans in Their Own Neighborhoods. Presidential Candidate Julián Castro Wants to Change That. For Border Patrol, the border encompasses a 100-mile zone that stretches inwards from Mexico, Canada, and every coast. Jack Herrera
News in Brief Will Handing Public Housing Projects to Private Developers Hurt the Poor? The government has called the new Rental Assistance Demonstration program the "answer" to housing woes, but there's very little evidence to support that case. Rachel Cohen