Inside the World of the (So Called) "Illegal" Immigrant
Clockwise from top left: Julieta Garibay, from Mexico; Jong Min, from Korea; Yonerky Santana, from Dominican Republic; Manuel Bartsch, from Germany; Yenny Quispe, from Peru; Erika Andiola, from Mexico; Conrado Santos, from Brazil; Camila Bortolleto, from Brazil
A year ago this month, I wrote an essay for the New York Times “coming out” about my status as an undocumented immigrant — what many people call an “illegal.” I told of my journey of being sent from the Philippines to America at age 12 without knowing I didn’t have the right papers; graduating from college and working as a successful journalist; and relying on a support network of American citizens (my high school principal and high school superintendent among them) to get me through. But mine is just one story. So with the help of friends and supporters, I founded a campaign called Define American, to document the lives of the undocumented and harness the support of our allies around this very controversial and misunderstood issue.
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