Jose Antonio Vargas, author of "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant, " was in Cleveland for the Town Hall Speaker Series in the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square.

Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The Washington Post covering HIV/ AIDS, tech and video game culture, and the 2008 presidential campaign. He has also written for the Philadelphia Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Rolling Stone and New York.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Vargas is the founder of Define American, a non-profit organization that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration, He is himself an undocumented immigrant to the United States.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Before the speech, Vargas attended a reception at the offices of immigration attorney Margaret W. Wong. He answered questions from the audience.

Margaret W. Wong

Vargas was asked a question about what he told US Senators and how he worries about the immigration policy conversation. He told of 17 million mixed status families in the US.

Another question was about how he coped with his undocumented status.

Margaret Wong asked him what it was that made him come out and go public.

Another question was about using false documents and social security number. He told how they created false social security cards at Kinko's and used them for employment everywhere from Subway to the Washington Post.

Enjoy these images from the event

Jose Antonio Vargas, Margaret Wong and group

Felton Thomas, Liming Wang and Li Wang

Mayor Bruce Akers, Rob Frost and Pierre Bejjani

Rachel Ng and Ariellla Brown

Jose Antonio Vargas

Curtis Clark, Hadd P. Francis,
Malak Jadallah and Nasser Assad

Jose Antonio Vargas and Margaret Wong

Kathy Hill and Liz Niehaus

Jose Antonio Vargas, Margaret Wong and group

Humera Mahmood, Shahin Rahman,
Amjed Qamar and Judy Wong

Alan Openiano, Jose Vargas,
Joy Kounds-Lewis and Grace Openiano

Jose Antonio Vargas, Margaret Wong and group

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