tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727365383026508777.post833567732573728430..comments2023-10-23T06:11:42.779-07:00Comments on Eyes Over Arizona: Pulitzer Prize Winner/Journalist Jose Vargas Says He's An Illegal Alien, Will Fight For Dream ActAzEyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02640055285070700153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727365383026508777.post-51899307198608760432011-06-23T12:28:26.122-07:002011-06-23T12:28:26.122-07:00The Filipino mother of a Pulitzer Prize-winning jo...The Filipino mother of a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who came out as an illegal alien in the U.S. told The Associated Press that she tried to persuade him to keep quiet.<br /><br />Jose Antonio Vargas' mother, Emelie Salinas, sent him from the Philippines to live with his grandparents in California when he was 12 and has NOT seen him in person since.<br /><br /> She said in a telephone interview from her residence near Manila on Thursday evening that she worried about the consequences of his revelations to the U.S. media and tried to stop him, thinking all of his hard work and achievements might be wasted.<br /><br />"We could not understand ... he was already there, he already achieved his dream, what else did he want?" she said.<br /><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-as-philippines-us-journalist,0,4763868.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-as-philippines-us-journalist,0,4763868.story</a>TJVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179082890073189401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727365383026508777.post-55714283514234585432011-06-23T11:40:53.201-07:002011-06-23T11:40:53.201-07:00I was duped by Jose Vargas, illegal Alien
http://w...I was duped by Jose Vargas, illegal Alien<br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bronstein/detail?entry_id=91589" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bronstein/detail?entry_id=91589</a>TJVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179082890073189401noreply@blogger.com