The hardest stories we tell are always about ourselves. How do you explain that you have been missing your mother for 20 years? I don't know how to explain that to you. I wasn't even sure I wanted to film that, because I don't know how I felt about it. I didn't want to put her through it, and I frankly wasn't ready. Because since I was 16, I just had created my own life for myself, you know? I left when I was 12. I'm 32. And I have gotten to know my mother more through editing her and looking and watching and editing her footage, you know.
Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're just waiting for our country to recogni… - Jose Antonio Vargas
Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're just waiting for our country to recogni…
- Jose Antonio Vargas
Immigration is by far the most controversial yet least understood issue in America. Frankly, given the way we're talking about immigration, given the… - Jose Antonio Vargas
Immigration is by far the most controversial yet least understood issue in America. Frankly, given the way we're talking about immigration, given the…
A broken immigration system means broken families means broken lives. That's what is at stake. - Jose Antonio Vargas
A broken immigration system means broken families means broken lives. That's what is at stake.
I am not the 'illegal' you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is. - Jose Antonio Vargas
I am not the 'illegal' you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is.
I remember the first thing I did when I found out I was illegal was to get rid of my thick Filipino accent. I figured that I had to talk white and ta… - 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 figured that I had to talk white and ta…
To be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one. - Jose Antonio Vargas
To be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one.
You have to stand for something bigger than yourself. - Jose Antonio Vargas
You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.
For Filipino Americans, it's a battle for recognition, for identity in a culture where, for the mainstream, Asians tend to fade into a monochromatic … - Jose Antonio Vargas
For Filipino Americans, it's a battle for recognition, for identity in a culture where, for the mainstream, Asians tend to fade into a monochromatic …
Together, undocumented people like me and our relatives, friends and allies wait for broader immigration reform, not just for Dreamers but also for u… - Jose Antonio Vargas
Together, undocumented people like me and our relatives, friends and allies wait for broader immigration reform, not just for Dreamers but also for u…
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