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A teaching and learning toolkit for the Rambler Read: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas joins a conversation about immigration.

Jose Antonio Vargas speaks at TedxMidAtlantic in December 2012.

Jose Antonio Vargas testifies on Comprehensive Immigration Reform before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 13, 2013. View transcript here.

Articles

Burying the lead in the biggest story of his life
Paul Farhi
The Washington Post, 06/23/2011
The Post Deported a Compelling Story
Patrick B. Pexton
The Washington Post, 26 June 2011: A.19
My “Illegal” Brother Defines American
Jake Brewer
HuffPost, July 7, 2011
Coming Out for Change
Richard Kim
The Nation, 7/18/2011, Vol. 293 Issue 3/4, p4-6
A journalist turned advocate
Michael O'Sullivan, Michael
The Washington Post, 30 May 2014: EZ.36.
Vargas detained after trying to leave border town without visa
J. Freedom du Lac
The Washington Post, 07/16/2014
Jose Antonio Vargas isn't running from his biggest secret anymore. So what is he running toward?
Marc Fisher
The Washington Post, 11/24/2014
'Alien' or 'dreamer'? Foes' linguistic rift complicates debate on immigration
David Nakamura
The Washington Post, 22 Jan 2018: A.7.
(Re)Defining American: Intersectionality and Coalition Building in the Rhetoric of Jose Antonio Vargas
Svilen V. Trifonov
Southern Communication Journal, 2020-03-14, Vol.85 (2), p.97-110
Young allies push parents to understand call for change
Sydney Trent
The Washington Post, 22 June 2020: A.1

Additional Readings

How Loyola Undergraduates Welcomed Undocumented Students
Flavio Bravo and Ruth Gomberg-Munoz
Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, 2016, vol 49, p. 46
"It's Always with You, that You're Different": Undocumented Students and Social Exclusion
Jean Calterone Williams
Journal of Poverty, 2016-04-02, Vol.20 (2), p.168-193
Undocumented to Hyperdocumented: A Jornada of Protection, Papers, and PhD Status
Aurora Chang
Harvard Educational Review, 2011, Vol.81 (3), p.508-521