Giving people like me a green card, a passport, and a driver's license? That's not going to be the end of the immigration conversation and debate in this country. It's like saying we elected Barack Obama president, so all of… — 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 border every second. How much money have we spent on the border? Why? And who's really exploiting whom?"… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
