Popular Immigration Activist, Jose Antonio Vargas, Arrested by Border Patrol in Texas

Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

Jose Antonio Vargas, who has won the Pulitzer Prize, is most known for his detailed chronicling of his life as a Filipino illegally living in the U.S.

The New York Times reports that Vargas was detained for most of the day by the Border Patrol.

One of the most high-profile advocates of immigration rights, Vargas was detained at a Border Patrol checkpoint in the airport as he prepared to board a flight in Texas.

His detainment comes as immigration becomes even more politically fraught in the midst of a crisis involving a flood of Central Americans crossing the border to flee violence.

Border Patrol later released Vargas, saying he had no immigration or criminal record.

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