Update: Jose Antonio Vargas Arrested, Media Warned to Stay Away

Jose Antonio Vargas was detained in McAllen, Texas today, days after speculating that he may be stuck in the border town. On Friday, Vargas wrote an essay for Politico, where he described his visit to a children’s shelter for Central American refugees. The Pulitzer-prize winning journalist has traveled extensively since he outed himself as an undocumented immigrant, and did not expect this trip to be any different.

When my friend Mony Ruiz-Velasco, an immigration lawyer who used to work in the area, saw on my Facebook page that I was in McAllen, she texted me: “I am so glad you are visiting the kids near the border.