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Friday, July 22, 2011

Journalist’s Driver's License Canceled By Washington State

SEATTLE -- Washington state has canceled the driver's license of a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who publicly said he is an illegal immigrant.

Officials opened an investigation after Jose Antonio Vargas' essay about his background was published in the New York Times Magazine in June, Department of Licensing spokeswoman Christine Anthony said Thursday.

Vargas wrote in the essay that he obtained a driver's license in Washington earlier this year after his Oregon license expired.

"We conducted in an investigation and concluded that he wasn't residing at the address he provided us," Anthony said.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Deport!

Anonymous said...

Good. What makes people think they are exempt from the laws we all must abide by. If he is truly here illegally then I agree give him his shipping papers. If he wants to apply for a VISA then I have no issue.

Anonymous said...

hang em high

Anonymous said...

8:58 AM

Be quiet Clint.