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It's not my job to worry about how Left, Right will react to something. My job is, am I creating something that connects people? That's my job.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I'm sure the president doesn't enjoy being called deporter-in-chief.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
Everyone has an opinion when it comes to immigration - strong, intense opinions.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
When people call me illegal, calling me illegal says more about you than it does about me.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I have no control whatsoever on how people perceive me from the Right or the Left. All I have control over is who I say I am.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
As a gay man, I think the role of culture is central to how you change politics - culture is politics.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
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
I'm a gay, undocumented immigrant; I have to be optimistic.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I've been uncomfortable dealing with my identity since I was 16 years old.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I am not the 'illegal' you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is,
— Jose Antonio Vargas
You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I did not realize how broken I was until I saw how broken Mama was.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
A friend said to me I'm like a walking New Yorker article. It's true! That's how I write. That's how I think.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I think everybody could agree that our immigration system is broken. We have not told the truth about it.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
A broken immigration system means broken families and broken lives.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
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
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.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I am more than an immigration activist.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I found out that I was illegal when I was 16. I'm gay. I'm Filipino.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
When I was a kid, I resented my grandparents not speaking the perfect English I wanted to speak.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
To me, it's just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I worked for 'The Chronicle' in San Francisco, and immigration is a big issue in that region.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I like Q&A's better than articles sometimes because I feel like I'd rather hear somebody actually talk or wrestle with ...
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I've always really wanted to make a film on what it means to be white in a country that's getting less and less white.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I think everyone deserves dignity.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
Film in many ways is very literal.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I'm a journalist, and I'm a filmmaker. I have an organization that's all about telling stories.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I believe fundamentally in the kindness of the American people because I have been a beneficiary of it.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I grew up in newsrooms. I've been in newsrooms since I was 17 years old. Journalism has been like my church; it's been like my identity.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
Undocumented people get arrested all the time. I get arrested, and it's front-page news. I feel guilt.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
I want to be as creatively disruptive as possible. I want to be radically transparent in a way that isn't showboating.
— Jose Antonio Vargas
Left-leaning bloggers have had a tremendous impact on the Democratic Party.
— Jose Antonio Vargas