“Activists who were working with immigration reform advocate Jose Antonio Vargas near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas released a statement Tuesday saying he was arrested while attempting to pass through security at McAllen-Miller International Airport.
“Jose Antonio Vargas of Define American, has been detained by Border Patrol in McAllen after attempting to board a plane to Los Angeles,” the immigrant youth-led organization United We Dream said in a statement on its website.
Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim subsequently tweeted a photo he described as Vargas “in handcuffs.” Grim told Business Insider he obtained the picture from “a source.””* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Brett LoGiurato:
http://www.businessinsider.com/jose-vargas-detained-at-airport-2014-7
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Although there is no national dream act, texas does have a dream act, which should protect him from deportation, they just didn’t want a journalist thers that would write an article in favor of the Hondurans.