Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Outs Himself As Illegal Immigrant To ABC News
ABC News reports that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas is revealing his illegal immigration status in order to fight for the passage of the DREAM Act.
In an emotional interview with Dan Harris, Vargas, who was brought to the U.S. from the Philippines when he was 12, recounts learning about his illegal status while trying to apply for a driver’s license as a teen:
I remember the very first instinct was, okay, that’s it, get rid of the accent… Because I just thought to myself, you know, I couldn’t give anybody any reason to ever doubt that I’m an American.
He was partially inspired to finally come out about his immigration status, he shares, after witnessing the work accomplished by students who marched from Miami to DC in an effort to convince Congress to pass the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act, a bill that