Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas detained by US border officials
Source: The Guardian
Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas detained by US border officials
Jessica Glenza in New York
theguardian.com, Tuesday 15 July 2014 16.30 BST
The Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and undocumented migrant Jose Antonio Vargas was apparently detained in Texas on Tuesday, while attempting to leave the border city of McAllen following a trip he made there to visit a center where other migrants without papers are being held.
In an article he wrote for Politico magazine last week, Vargas said that before he went to McAllen, he didn't realize he might not be able to leave, because of security intended to prevent undocumented migrants who cross the border going elsewhere in the US.
There are immigration checkpoints set up on roads within 45 miles of the town of McAllen, and Customs and Border Protection agents check identification as people pass through TSA checkpoints at the city's airport.
Vargas and his colleagues appeared to have prepared for his possible detention in advance. Vargas tweeted about approaching TSA checkpoints with only his Philippine passport, and minutes after he was detained a campaign to "Stand with Jose and the #BorderChildren" was announced by Define American, an organization he founded.
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