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When I was a kid, I resented my grandparents not speaking the perfect English I wanted to speak.

~Jose Antonio Vargas

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Culture is about humanizing people. You look at the African-American civil rights movement, you look at the LGBT rights movement - the culture changed before the politics did.

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I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.

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You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

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People don't really assume that I'm Filipino. Of course, they're gonna think, 'Oh, are you some sort of Hispanic?' and you say, 'No, I'm actually not.' I get Korean or Chinese a lot.

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A broken immigration system means broken families and broken lives.

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I want to be as creatively disruptive as possible. I want to be radically transparent in a way that isn't showboating.

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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.

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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.

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Laws are getting passed in states like Alabama that basically would punish American citizens who are 'harboring' people. Since the federal government hasn't been able to muster or to get comprehensive immigration reform passed, states are taking it upon themselves to police and enforce laws.

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Biography

Nationality: Filipino

Type: Journalist

Born: February 3rd, 1981

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