Operation Streamline

Hey this is Jessica Everett!

So earlier today we got to go listen to a professor speak to us about immigration. We then came back to Border Links and got to do a simulation where they put us in families and gave us very life like scenarios to act out. We got jobs, got a certain amount of money per task, and we had to pay for food and rent. That was really a fun and eye opening experience. We then ate a quick lunch and broke up into 2 groups, one group went to the courthouse and watched Operation Streamline and one group went and worked with a farmers market. I got to go to the courthouse, it was a sad thing watching these people wait to get their fate handed to them. Then we went and talked to an assistant attorney and she explained all about Streamline and how it got started. So far, it’s been an amazing trip and can’t wait for the rest of the trip.