Jose Antonio Vargas Released From Border Patrol Custody

*An update on Vargas’ detention yesterday in the Rio Grande Valley. He was “provided with a notice to appear before an immigration judge.” VL

By Igor Bobic, Huffington Post

Jose Antonio Vargas, the nation’s most prominent undocumented immigrant, was released from U.S. Border Patrol custody on Tuesday. He had been detained for several hours after attempting to board a flight in the small border town of McAllen, Texas.

“I’ve been released by Border Patrol. I want to thank everyone who stands by me and the undocumented immigrants of south Texas and across the country,” he said in a statement. “Our daily lives are filled with fear in simple acts such as getting on an airplane to go home to our family. With Congress failing to act on immigration reform, and President Obama weighing his options on executive action, the critical question remains: how do we define American?”

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former HuffPost editor, flew to the border last week to interview and film undocumented immigrants who have fled their home countries in Central America due to escalating violence.

Click HERE to read the full story.

[Photo by Asia Society/Flickr]

 

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