House Quote by Jose Antonio Vargas

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

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

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

The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think I've always been paranoid.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

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