WA state cancels driver's license of journalist who publicly said he's an illegal immigrant

[The Straight Story]

State DOL cancels driver's license of reporter in country illegally

The state of Washington has canceled the driver's license of a former newspaper journalist who in a New York Times Magazine article last month revealed that for 14 years he kept a secret from his U.S. employers: He is an illegal immigrant.

The state of Washington has canceled the driver's license of a former newspaper journalist who, in a New York Times Magazine article last month, revealed that for 14 years he kept a secret from his U.S. employers: He is an illegal immigrant.

In a piece he penned under the headline, "My life as an undocumented immigrant," Jose Antonio Vargas laid bare details of a life built on lies that started with his arrival as a 12-year-old on a fake passport from the Philippines 18 years ago.

The revelation by Vargas sparked new conversations around the divisive issue of immigration and renewed calls for the federal government to address it.

Vargas, who had been sent by his mother to live with his grandparents in California, described how he kept his secret while employed with a series of news organizations, including The Washington Post, where he became part of a team of reporters who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings.

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