Jose Antonio Vargas

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — It was a packed room full of parents, teachers, and members of the local community celebrating the opening of the Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary School in Mountain View, CA. This undocumented immigrant...

SAN FRANCISCO — From November 6, 1968 to March 20, 1969, students at San Francisco State College took part in a massive demonstration. “It was part of the civil rights movement. We were looking at two things:...

Jose Antonio Vargas finished his “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” book tour in his hometown of San Francisco, engaging in an intimate conversation with the San Francisco Filipino community....Read More

SAN FRANCISCO — This art piece is called “Abeyance,” and it is installed on the facade of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts or YBCA theater in downtown San Francisco. It features three phrases by three Filipinos...

NEW YORK — The most famous undocumented Filipino in America has a new book on what’s it’s like to be living in the shadows, and the psychological tolls that come with it. “My relationship with my mama is...

It’s a big week for Pulitzer-prize winning Filipino journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, known widely as the most high profile undocumented immigrant in the United States. This week, Vargas released his new book titled “Dear America: Notes...

A Bay Area local school district voted to name a new elementary school after Filipino immigrant and Pulitzer-winning journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas. Vargas dedicated the naming to undocumented students and immigrants everywhere....Read More

NEW YORK — A 23-year-old Fil-Am journalism student won the most prestigious award for journalists -– a Pulitzer Prize. “I can’t believe that it’s real, I’m grateful to The Enquirer for putting the interns on there,...

PALO ALTO, CA — Non-profit organization based in the Silicon Valley Able Works brought together over 200 people from the community to listen to three prominent activists within the undocumented community. Among them is one of the...

A book deal from one of the country’s most high profile undocumented Filipinos. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist turned immigrant rights activist Jose Antonio Vargas has signed a book deal with Harper Collins Imprint Dey Street Books. Vargas,...