Jose Antonio Vargas is many things. Among them, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, an out-and-proud gay man, Filipino. He is also an undocumented immigrant.
Today, in the pages of The New York Times, he revealed to the world the secret that he has been hiding for more than a decade—that he has been undocumented since arriving in California at the age of 12. His powerful piece of journalism tells a story of being stuck in the shadows because of our broken immigration system.
Vargas has also founded Define American, which is aimed at changing the conversation around immigration reform. Watch his video below. You might want to keep some tissues handy.