While discussing President Obamas executive actions on immigration Thursday night, Fox News host Bill OReilly told journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas that he and other undocumented immigrants dont deserve to be here. OReilly ran through Vargass background as an immigrant who came to the United States from the Philippines at age 12 and then worked on a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post team before publicly revealing his undocumented status. Surely you understand how millions of Americans say You know what, bad behavior is being rewarded ... but there are a lot of people who arent of your circumstance, who came here in devious ways, who did things they shouldnt have done, who didnt contribute to our society, OReilly said. Yet theyre in the same blanket. So how do you justify that? “I dont know if people know this, but more than half of undocumented people in this country have been here for 10 years or longer,” Vargas responded. “This has been our home, this is where we go to school, this is where we work, this is where we go to church, this is what we call to be our own communities.” Vargas lamented that the Presidents immigration actions were so politicized before OReilly cut in to tell him the real deal. “It is a compassionate move, but it may not be a just move because you and the other people here illegally don’t deserve to be here, OReilly said. That’s harsh. It’s harsh, okay, but you don’t have an entitlement to be here.” Sir, I dont feel entitled to be here, Vargas responded. I dont ask for any sort of entitlement. All I know is this is where I grew up, this is my home, my family is here.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:08:42 +0000
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