Now arrest his illegal ass and give him a month in jail for every year he was here illegally and then deport him! Jose Antonio Vargas, an illegal immigrant and former reporter, scolded a congressional panel on Wednesday, saying that he should not be called illegal, and saying it is an insult to his family who brought him here. âWhen you inaccurately call me illegal, you not only dehumanize me, youâre offending them,â he said. âNo human being is illegal.â Mr. Vargas testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside Chris Crane â a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and president of the ICE agentsâ union â who is unable to arrest him under the administrationâs new non-deportation policies. Mr. Vargas, who âcame outâ as an illegal immigrant several years ago, delivered an emotional plea for the country to legalize him. âWhat do you want to do with us?â he asked the committee. Last week, a top House Democrat also warned colleagues against using the term âillegal immigrants.â âOur citizens are not â the people in this country are not illegal. They are are out of status. They are new Americans that are immigrants,â Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat, told colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee. Many immigrant-rights advocates object to the terms âillegalâ and âalien,â saying that people cannot be deemed illegal, and that the word âalienâ makes them sound inhuman. They argue the better terms are âundocumented migrants.â Many newspapers, including The Washington Times, use the phrase âillegal immigrant,â deeming it the most accurate description. Mr. Vargas called himself an âundocumented immigrant.â He is one of a number of illegal immigrants who have come out of the shadows to argue their case for legalization. He came to the U.S. to live with his grandfather, who was a naturalized citizen, but Mr. Vargas was never legal himself â a fact he found out when he went to get a driverâs license at age 16. He said he became a reporter to try to validate his presence in the U.S. At least five other formerly illegal immigrants were scheduled to be guests at Tuesdayâs State of the Union address, though each of those has been granted specific tentative legal status through one of the Homeland Security Departmentâs programs. http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...l-immigrant-tells-congress-not-call-him-ille/