14 Quotes by Jennifer Allen

We hope to send a strong and clear message to the Senate.

From our experience, most of the folks that we work with are all staying here for the holidays. They're definitely staying for fear of not getting back in.

He's just the most unbelievable person I've ever met.

Parents didn't like the idea of their children possibly having to move twice.

To work to change practices, to change some of the policies, so that people's basic human rights and civil rights are protected and upheld.

Walls do nothing more than exacerbate the problem. Walls won't stop them (from crossing the border.) They will just push their migration routes to more isolated areas. The Minutemen are distracting policy-makers from the real solution, which is comprehensive immigration reform.

Radio is incredibly effective in the Spanish-speaking community. It's definitely been an impetus.

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.

They needed a school teacher to organize things,