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By Jennie L. Ilustre Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, founder of Define American immigration advocacy group, and the nation’s most well-known undocumented, now faces indictment after his arrest on July 15.   Vargas, 33, was arrested in Texas for failure to present a valid U.S. visa. He was in McAllen on the invitation of advocacy groups to focus on …

By Jennie L. Ilustre Congresswoman Judy Chu (D, CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), has joined forces with other leaders to fight for family reunification in the comprehensive immigration reform bill. “There is absolutely no reason why we can’t have both family-based and work-based visa programs at the same time,” she said at the CAPAC ceremony …