{"product_id":"dear-america-notes-of-an-undocumented-citizen-jose-antonio-vargas","title":"Dear America;  Notes of an Undocumented Citizen;  Jose Antonio Vargas","description":"\u003cp\u003ePulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,” tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book––at its core––is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 18, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJose Antonio Vargas is a journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist. Born in the Philippines and raised in the United States from the age of twelve, he was part of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2008 for coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting online and in print. Vargas has also worked for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He wrote, produced, and directed the autobiographical 2013 film Documented, which CNN Films broadcast in June 2014.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a June 2011 essay in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Vargas revealed his status as an undocumented immigrant in an effort to promote dialogue about the immigration system in the U.S. and to advocate for the DREAM Act, which would provide children in similar circumstances with a path to citizenship. A year later, a day after the publication of his Time cover story about his continued uncertainty regarding his immigration status, the Obama administration announced it was halting the deportation of undocumented immigrants age 30 and under, who would be eligible for the DREAM Act. Vargas, who had just turned 31, did not qualify.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVargas is the founder of Define American, a nonprofit organization intended to open up dialogue about the criteria people use to determine who is an American. He has said: \"I am an American. I just don't have the right papers.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45535332237634,"sku":"","price":9.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/dearamerica.jpg?v=1688917781","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/dear-america-notes-of-an-undocumented-citizen-jose-antonio-vargas","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}