What did Jose Antonio Vargas mean by: I am not the ‘illegal’ you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is. Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist Copy
+ To be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Immigration, Legal system, Offense, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
+ You have to stand for something bigger than yourself. Author, July 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Altruism, Purpose, Values, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
+ To me, it’s just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Autonomy, Communication, Empowerment, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
+ The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Existence, Expression, Identity, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
+ A broken immigration system means broken families means broken lives. That’s what is at stake. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Family, Immigration, Life, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
+ When people call me illegal, calling me illegal says more about you than it does about me. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Identity, Immigration, Prejudice, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
+ America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Diversity, Immigration, Unity, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
+ There isn’t anybody I won’t talk to about immigration – at least once. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jose Antonio Vargas, Communication, Immigration, Openness, 0 Jose Antonio Vargas Journalist
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