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You are here: Home / Archives for Jose Antonio Vargas

Famous undocumented immigrant discusses migration, politics at UW

October 20, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alexis Mansanarez Northwest Asian Weekly Words matter. That was the message Jose Antonio Vargas shared in front of an at-capacity University of Washington (UW) lecture hall Oct. 6, and a phrase that has framed his career. Vargas elaborated on the complexity of migration and population changes within the United States, and used his own […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Jose Antonio Vargas, VOL 35 NO 43 | OCTOBER 22 - OCTOBER 28

Stir about film on white people

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Bauder AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the challenges for makers of the MTV documentary “White People” was getting folks to talk about race when they didn’t feel the issue concerned them — like those quoted as saying they consider white the “default race” or “normal.” So filmmaker Jose Antonio […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Jose Antonio Vargas, MTV, Rush Limbaugh, South Dakota, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, White People, attention

“Documented” by Vargas gets to heart of immigration debate

April 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas spurred conversations about what it means to be American when he outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine in June 2011. Vargas is now shedding more light on his story of heartbreak and […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Eric Liu, Evangeline Cafe, Jose Antonio Vargas, Mitt Romney, New York Times Magazine, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, President Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize, Seattle, Senate Judiciary Committee, Social Security, United States, Vol 33 No 17 | April 19 - April 25, Washington Post

Filipino American Journalist Jose Vargas will not be deported

October 11, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press Minneapolis, Minn. (AP) — Immigration authorities said Monday they won’t take action against a Pulitzer

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, Customs Enforcement, Define American, Eric Roeske, Gillian Christensen, Hennepin County Jail, ICE, Jose Antonio Vargas, Jose Vargas, Minnesota State Patrol, New York Times Magazine, Philippines, Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipino, United States, Virginia Tech, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19

New immigration policy excludes Pulitzer Prize winning journalist

June 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

News that the Obama administration will offer immunity to illegal immigrants under the age of 30 came as a relief to many, including Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who came out last year as an undocumented immigrant. Though the change will affect an estimated 800,000 immigrants, it excludes Vargas, who, at the age […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2012, Jose Antonio Vargas, Obama, Pulitzer Prize, United States, Vol 31 No 27 | June 30 - July 6, WAKE

7th Annual Guiding Lights Weekend sparks National movement to reimagine citizenship March 8–10 in Seattle

March 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly On March 8–10 in Seattle, hundreds of leaders and change-makers from across the United States will participate in the Guiding Lights Weekend conference on the art of great citizenship.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2012, Ai-jen Poo, Annie Leonard, Define American, Elevator Repair Service, Eric Liu, Guiding Lights Weekend, Harvard Law, Jose Antonio Vargas, Lawrence Lessig, Mary Gordon, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Northwest Asian Weekly, Supreme Court, Tea Party Patriots, United States, Van Jones, Vol 31 No 10 | March 3 - March 9

Ex-DC journalist admits to being an illegal immigrant

June 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Brett Zongker The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past eight years, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas worried about a looming deadline: the expiration of an illegally obtained Oregon driver’s license that had allowed him to get his first full-time job at a top U.S. newspaper. The 30-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winner who covered the Virginia […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, ABC, Claremont Graduate University, Define American, Huffington Post, Jose Antonio Vargas, Kris Coratti, Mountain View High School Principal Pat Hyland, New York Times Magazine, Peter Perl, Post Chairman Don Graham, Superintendent Rich Fisher, United States, Virginia Tech, Vol 30 No 27 | July 2 - July 8, Washington Post, White House, William Perez

Editorial: Vargas puts a face to a cause

June 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shocked the country by publicly admitting to a secret that he had been harboring for years.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2011, Claremont Graduate University, Editorial Vargas, Jose Antonio Vargas, Los Angeles, New York Times Magazine, Philippines, Pulitzer Prize-winning, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco State University, Vol 30 No 27 | July 2 - July 8, William Perez

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