My being gay is not a social issue; it’s a fact. It’s not something to be debated. It’s a reality. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
When I was younger, I didn’t understand how a mother could put her son on a plane and just say, you know, ‘Here you go, I’ll see you later.’ And she never followed, she never came. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
The film ‘Documented,’ a project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Define American campaign, is about my families: the family I was blessed to be born into, and the family of friends, mentors and allies that I found when I moved to the United States at 12, a Filipino kid trying to make sense of my new home in America. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
As I graduated from public schools and started working in newsrooms, I told myself that I am only the ‘illegal’ that my own country has not bothered to get to know. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
When it comes to fighting for citizenship that many people take for granted, there isn’t anyone I would not talk to. When it comes to immigration, there isn’t any question I will not answer. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
Technology and the Internet are not just changing politics here in the U.S. It’s also happening abroad. In the Philippines, where I grew up, grassroots organizers used text messaging to help overthrow a president. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
Left-leaning bloggers have had a tremendous impact on the Democratic Party. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
The Internet is changing the way we think of our relationship with government; it has the potential to bring to life what Abraham Lincoln said about the presidency being an instrument of the people. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
I don’t think there’s any other issue out there that young people are more passionate, and more ahead in, than global warming. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
I can’t marry my way into citizenship like straight people can. I can get married in the state of New York where I live, but because of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government, which hands out visas, won’t recognize my marriage. Jose Antonio Vargas Read Quote
