Jennifer Allen

The bill is completely ignoring the economic, political and social reality of the United States. Immigrants have been and will read more

The bill is completely ignoring the economic, political and social reality of the United States. Immigrants have been and will continue to be an integral part of the country's social fabric.

This is mainly going to alleviate overcrowding at Double Churches. We're going to let fifth-graders who get assigned from those read more

This is mainly going to alleviate overcrowding at Double Churches. We're going to let fifth-graders who get assigned from those two schools to North Columbus remain at their schools, if their parents want them to continue there and they apply for a hardship. Students in the other grades can apply for a hardship, but we will look at space available.

They needed a school teacher to organize things,

They needed a school teacher to organize things,

The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the read more

The absurdity of it gets played out in the day-to-day lives of Border Patrol agents. Everybody knows somebody [in the U.S. illegally] who has some kind of relationship with a Border Patrol agent. Either someone in their family is married to one, or they're sleeping with one. People's lives are very complicated and intertwined and they're not very clear-cut.

People had been afraid to speak out. They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so read more

People had been afraid to speak out. They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so dominant and so imposing in their communities, where they're told they don't have any rights.