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(0)Jose Antonio Vargas
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"The movement of people--what Americans call 'immigration' and the rest of the world calls 'migration'--is among the defining issues of our time. Technology and information crosses countries and continents at blistering speed. Corporations thrive on being multinational and polyglot. Yet the world's estimated 244 million total migrant population, particularly those deemed 'illegal' by countries and societies, are locked in a chaotic and circular debate...
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"Jose Antonio Vargas was only twelve years old when he was brought to the United States from the Philippines to live with his grandparents. He didn't know it, but he was sent to the U.S. illegally. When he applied for a learner's permit, he learned the truth, and he spent the next almost twenty years keeping his immigration status a secret. Hiding in plain sight, he was writing for some of the most prestigious news organizations in the country. Only...
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2019
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Español
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"Fascinante y valiente. Este libro de memorias debe ser lectura obligatoria para todos". —Michelle Alexander, autora de The New Jim Crow, bestseller de The New York Times.
"Lloré leyendo este libro, comprendí plenamente lo que mis padres tuvieron que aguantar". —Amy Tan, autora de Club de la Buena Estrella, bestseller de The New York Times
"Este libro
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"Fascinante y valiente. Este libro de memorias debe ser lectura obligatoria para todos". -Michelle Alexander, autora de The New Jim Crow, bestseller de The New York Times.
"Lloré leyendo este libro, comprendí plenamente lo que mis padres tuvieron que aguantar". -Amy Tan, autora de Club de la Buena Estrella, bestseller de The New York Times
"Este libro no puede ser más relevante y necesario." -Dave Eggers, autor de El Círculo
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5) Dear America
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English
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In this young readers' adaptation of his adult memoir Dear America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story, in light of the 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States.
Jose Antonio Vargas was only twelve years old when he was brought to the United States from the Philippines to live with his grandparents. He didn't know it, but he was sent to the U.S. illegally.
When...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
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Natural de Filipinas, Vargas fue llevado ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos cuando tenía 12 años. Durante más de dos décadas, vivió oculto de todos, logrando escribir para algunos de las publicaciones más prestigiosas de EE. UU., como The Washington Post y The New Yorker. Pero en 2011, Vargas reveló públicamente su estatus de indocumentado, arriesgando su carrera y seguridad personal. Desde entonces, Vargas ha cuestionado la que significa...
7) Documented
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[2015?]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
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In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine. This chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he re-connects with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in person in over 20 years.
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