Posts tagged Jose Antonio Vargas

By Jose Antonio Vargas in the New York Times Magazine

Because: Wow, what a story. I deeply respect Vargas’ courage and the work he is doing, especially with Define American, to generate thought-provoking, productive conversation about illegal immigration and to encourage policy reform. I’m anxious to see how everything unfolds, from Vargas’s personal situation, to the DREAM Act. I can only hope for the best, which in my opinion would be that in whatever the case, humane, compassionate decisions are be made.

Additional Stories

The Illegal Among Us: A Journalist Outs Himself (Time)

Of note is the inclusion of this quote from James Baldwin:

I don’t like people who like me because I’m a Negro; neither do I like people who find in the same accident grounds for contempt. I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one’s own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright. I consider that I have many responsibilities, but none greater than this: to last, as Hemingway says, and get my work done.
 I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

My (Legal) Editor’s Dream The 6th Floor, New York Times

Post responds to ex-reporter Vargas’s revelation that he’s an illegal immigrant (The Washington Post)