I have no control over what people call me. The only thing I have control over is my work, and that's really… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
When people call me illegal, calling me illegal says more about you than it does about me. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
To me, it's just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
One of the things I had to really wrap my head around is I have no control over what people call me:… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
As you can imagine, there were people who were like, "Why are you being the PC cop?" or, "This is Orwellian to… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician. I'm not a policy wonk. I was a political reporter, but that's not really what turns me on.… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Together, undocumented people like me and our relatives, friends and allies wait for broader immigration reform, not just for Dreamers but also… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Independent of politics, the changing narrative on immigration is directly correlated to the fact that we have new technologies that are allowing… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
We're talking about America - a country that's been built on the back of cheap labor. That's addicted to cheap labor. Talk… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Like other undocumented people in this country, I want a green card, and I want a driver's license, and I want a… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Something is fundamentally amiss when you refer to a person as illegal. Bottom line. That's why we so easily talk about this… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
The No. 1 question I get is, "Do you believe in an open-borders policy?" I'm like, wait a second: What does that… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Giving people like me a green card, a passport, and a driver's license? That's not going to be the end of the… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
If I could, I'd go city by city, county by county, town by town, and talk to people to explain to them… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
I feel like people expect me to give them easy answers, but there aren't really easy answers. There are only harder questions.… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
When you watch the way some of the commentators talk about this, it makes it seem as if people are crossing the… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
For some people, I got away with something. And you know what? That's a fair thing to say, for them. I'm not… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
I remember the first thing I did when I found out I was illegal was to get rid of my thick Filipino accent. I… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
A friend said to me I'm like a walking New Yorker article. It's true! That's how I write. That's how I think. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
Something is fundamentally amiss when you refer to a person as illegal. Bottom line. That's why we so easily talk about this like we're… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
The last thing reporters and editors want to be told is what to do and how to write. They don't want to be some… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
I like Q&A's better than articles sometimes because I feel like I'd rather hear somebody actually talk or wrestle with. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
The immigration bill is going to pass. We're going to have a bill. It's going to get through the Senate. I think the fundamentals… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
I got here when I was 12, I found out I was undocumented when I was 16, I became a journalist when I was… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
The greatest gift that we have as human beings is our ability to empathize. That's why I think personal stories matter so much. That's… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
The DREAMers are the safe ones, right? It's okay to advocate for the DREAMers because they're the English-speaking, college-educated ones, right? It's so interesting… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
I'm not excusing the illegal act. I am here illegally. I'm here illegally, without authorization. That's a fact. That's nothing you can call the… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
I grew up in newsrooms. I've been in newsrooms since I was 17 years old. Journalism has been like my church; it's been like… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
I always felt like I had the word "illegal" tattooed on my forehead. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share
