Posted on 02/05/2016 8:12:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
After a four-year battle, undocumented immigrant activist, Cesar Vargas, was finally sworn in to practice law Wednesday at the Appellate Division, Second Department, courthouse in Brooklyn, "it was an amazing moment, It felt like the day was never going to come," Vargas said."I must admit, there were moments where I felt defeated; there were moments where I thought I was not going to be a lawyer."
Vargas is the first undocumented immigrant to hold a law license in New York, he passed the bar exam in 2011 but was denied the right to practice because of his illegal immigration status."I see it as a victory personally for Cesar Vargas, but for immigrants everywhere, particularly for Dreamers, for those whose legal status is not of their own doing and who seek full inclusion in what is only their home, this country," said Michelle J. Anderson, the dean of the City University of New York School of Law, to the NY Times, "he's an amazing kid."
The Hispanic becomes one of three undocumented immigrant lawyers working across the country,Vargas became authorized to live in the U.S. in 2013 under President Barack Obama's deferred action for childhood arrivals program. He currently works as Latino outreach strategist for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' campaign and continues to fight for immigration reform and for the rights of undocumented immigrants, scroll down to see images of the historic and memorable moment.
Today I officially became an attorney-at-law in gr8t state of New York #AmericanDream #NYProud #UndocumentedUnafraid pic.twitter.com/e5ZkJjwy1T
— Cesar Vargas, Esq. (@DREAMerJ_D) February 3, 2016
Ceremony is about to begin, @DREAMerJ_D waiting for his name to be announced #undocuLawyer pic.twitter.com/A1GRMWPVIy
— DRM Action Coalition (@DRMAction) February 3, 2016
How does he fill out his federal and state paperwork?
The US doesn’t have Immigration Laws so how is he an undocumented immigrant ?
Shouldn’t the first judge he appears in front of call for the bailiff to arrest him?
Love how they say undocumented when in fact they are and hat is because they are illegal and should not be in the country.
Is that like an "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer"?
So we have a guy who is illegal, thus breaking the law who then states he wants to protect the law!!!
He should be arrested and deported and s should those to officials standing there next to him who is aiding him to break the law.
If an “officer of the court” can defy federal immigration law (as well as not having the legal right to work in the US), what dispensations will we the people get? /rhetorical question
Ridiculous.
The NY Bar has made itself a joke. A punch line.
Arrest all of them
On to a judgeship.
Where is the Rule of Law?
All “law” in New York then becomes illegal.
In the hands of the rule of man, obviously.
Well, how do you become a lawyer in good standing while breaking the law?
Answer: You re a democrat.
Next up: “First undocumented person appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court”
Let’s check voter registration in NY and see if he is committing felony election fraud like many other illegals are prone to do.
Aren’t the congressmen standing by him harboring, or aiding and abetting a criminal.
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