Last updated on:
1/27/2018 |
Author: ProCon.org
Jose Antonio Vargas Biography
- Title:
- Founder and CEO of Define American
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens?"
- Reasoning:
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“I’ve been waiting for 23 years now, and I can wait 20 more years if you think that’s fair. But not having a process [to immigrate legally], to me, is the problem. Undocumented people in this country are in a state of perpetual purgatory. Of course I’d get in the back of the line, if there were a line somewhere.”
Tanvi Misra, “Jose Antonio Vargas on How America Talks about Immigration,” citylab.com, Mar. 4, 2016
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Organizations/VIPs/Others
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Co-founder and CEO, Define American, 2011-present
- Outspoken undocumented immigrant and advocate for the DREAM Act
- Member, Tony Awards Nominating Committee
- Member, Advisory Board, TheDream.US
- Former writer, The Huffington Post
- Former staff writer, Washington Post
- Former intern, Washington Post
- Intern, Philadelphia Daily News, 2001
- Education:
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- BS, Political Science, San Francisco State University, 2004
- Other:
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- Shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings in the Washington Post
- Twitter handle: @joseiswriting
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