Field Trip to Downtown Phoenix

Last Tuesday my mentor, Mrs. Auer, took me on a field trip to downtown Phoenix. We went to interview an immigration officer, and went on a tour of ASU’s law school.  The immigration center was one story, and very modern. At first I thought it was a car dealership, because I imagined the immigration office to be a tall brown building. We had to go through security, which was similar to the airport security. They required you to go through a metal detector, as well as show your I.D and proof of a scheduled appointment with a field agent.  You were not allowed to bring water, food, or cell phone into the building.  We went into a large room, where people were preparing for their citizenship test. We met with a field officer named Veronica Holguin. She was very nice, and provided a lot of information and documents for me to review. I will post the interview with her in my next post.

After my interview with Officer Holguin, Mrs. Auer had to drop by ASU’s law school. ASU’s law school recently moved to a new building. It is now located in a brown building, with around nineteen stories. We went up to the fifteenth story. They recently built some new mock court rooms, which had big glass windows that overlooked Phoenix. They are still setting up microphones and computer monitors.  The facilities were pretty good. Finally my field trip ended with a funeral precession. It was the first funeral precession I have ever encountered, and it held us up for ten minutes. I never knew there was such a law in the United States, now I know. Read my next post for the interview with Officer Holguin.

-Jenny