[Arm_Bears]

Vargas arrived in the U.S. from the Philippines in 1993 when he was 12 years old. He revealed his status as an undocumented immigrant in a Time magazine essay in 1999.

Why wasn't he arrested and deported at that point?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“Vargas arrived in the U.S. from the Philippines in 1993 when he was 12 years old. He revealed his status as an undocumented immigrant in a Time magazine essay in 1999.

Why wasn’t he arrested and deported at that point?”

And he worked for a bunch of media giants since then. Why didn’t they go after his employers like they all talk about doing.

[sunrise_sunset]

He came legally on a travel visa to visit relatives (grandparents). Which requires big money in the bank to obtain.