http://twitter.com/#!/MichaelSkolnik/status/489046977641193472
Illegal immigrant activist Jose Antonio Vargas has reportedly been detained at the McAllen Border Patrol station in Texas after attempting to go through airport security without a U.S. government-issued ID (the Filipino passport and pocket U.S. Constitution he was carrying didn’t do the trick).
Despite the fact that Vargas flagrantly violated the law, supporters are mounting a campaign to keep him from being deported:
http://twitter.com/#!/paolamendoza/status/489044994813358080
My friend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— Jessica Malkin (@Jessica_Malkin) July 15, 2014
My friend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— adepero oduye (@adeperoOduye) July 15, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/kevinhauswirth/status/489050005156945920
http://twitter.com/#!/HyperEmpathetic/status/489050279472795648
My friend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— Rachel P Goldstein (@RachGoldstein) July 15, 2014
My friend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— Nikki Silvestri (@nikkicsilvestri) July 15, 2014
OurFriend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— Julio Barriga (@juliombarriga) July 15, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/satyatwena/status/489051800880701440
My friend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— Michael Blake (@MrMikeBlake) July 15, 2014
My friend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— Wyatt Rockefeller (@wrockefeller) July 15, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/nialauryn/status/489054108549402625
http://twitter.com/#!/JamiraBurley/status/489054217244782592
http://twitter.com/#!/alanaekornfeld/status/489055093271326720
My friend +undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— Albert Sykes (@Darealmrsykes) July 15, 2014
My friend + undocumented activist @joseiswriting was just handcuffed
at McAllen airport + taken to the border patrol station
#DontDeportJose— desireepeterkinbell (@DPBell) July 15, 2014
He has a lot of friends, apparently. Others’ tweets are slightly more original:
http://twitter.com/#!/acivico/status/489044731276820480
http://twitter.com/#!/ana_belen22/status/489050885205413889
http://twitter.com/#!/myinbklyn/status/489050943153909760
http://twitter.com/#!/paolamendoza/status/489054927256555521
Demanding it!
And then there’s this gal:
http://twitter.com/#!/angela_rye/status/489049047848583170
Alllllllrighty, then.
But maybe the #DontDeportJose crowd is on to something. Maybe he shouldn’t be deported — yet:
http://twitter.com/#!/Dr_2A/status/489053142277844992
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Related:
Here we go: Jose Antonio Vargas reportedly detained at McAllen Border Patrol station [pic]
