But when I handed the clerk my green card as proof of U.S. residency, she flipped it around, examining it. “This is fake,” she whispered. “Don’t come back here again.” …Confused and scared, I pedaled home and confronted Lolo…“Peke ba ito?” I asked in Tagalog…Lolo was a proud man, and I saw the shame on his face as he told me he purchased the card, along with other fake documents, for me. “Don’t show it to other people,” he warned.

- My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant, Pulitzer Prize winner Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story as a Filipino illegal immigrant in the US. (via pinoytumblr)

filipino and proud :))

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