--- description: Jose Antonio Vargas is released, Typhoon Rammsun batters the Philippines, the vote for 6 Californias, and Hillary hints '16 on Daily Show. title: Vargas Beats Homeland Security image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eed5a2a10e688f0/69869be9cd684865f8095adf/vargas-immigration.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Brief](/tag/the-brief/) ## The Brief Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Immigration Advocate Vargas Released By U.S. Border Patrol by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2014 4:11 PM CUT  Jose Antonio Vargas, a former journalist for the Washington Post who recently outed himself as an undocumented immigrant to the United States, holds a sign reading "I am an american w/o papers" at a campaign event with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Diamond V South Plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Dec. 9, 2011. Jose Antonio Vargas, a former journalist for the Washington Post who recently outed himself as an undocumented immigrant to the United States, holds a sign reading "I am an american w/o papers" at a campaign event with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Diamond V South Plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Dec. 9, 2011.Brendan Hoffman—Polaris by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2014 4:11 PM CUT Here are the stories TIME is watching this Wednesday, July 16. Immigration advocate and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [Jose Antonio Vargas](http://time.com/2987520/jose-antonio-vargas-detained-at-mcallen-texas-border-town/ "undefined") was released after being detained for attempting to fly without a valid U.S. visa. [Typhoon Rammasun](http://time.com/2990603/typhoon-spares-manila-leaves-7-dead-elsewhere/ "undefined") battered the Philippines with driving rain and wind gusts of 115 mph before heading toward China. A proposal to [break California](http://time.com/2985611/california-six-states-2016/ "undefined") into six states drawn up by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper was submitted for the 2016 ballot, but don’t start adding stars to your flag — Congress is unlikely to approve. And finally, [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/2990265/hillary-clinton-2016-election-candidacy-daily-show-jon-stewart/ "undefined") appeared on _The Daily Show_ and dropped tantalizing hints about her ’16 plans. The Brief is published daily on weekdays. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2991816/vargas-immigration-rammasun-california-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2991816/vargas-immigration-rammasun-california-clinton/"},"headline":"Immigration Advocate Vargas Released By U.S. Border Patrol","datePublished":"2014-07-16T16:11:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:10:27.934Z","description":"Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now—from the editors of TIME","url":"https://time.com/2991816/vargas-immigration-rammasun-california-clinton/","keywords":["The Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eed5a2a10e688f0/69869be9cd684865f8095adf/vargas-immigration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eed5a2a10e688f0/69869be9cd684865f8095adf/vargas-immigration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vargas Immigration","caption":"Vargas Immigration","creditText":"Brendan Hoffman—Polaris","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2991816/vargas-immigration-rammasun-california-clinton/","name":"Immigration Advocate Vargas Released By U.S. Border Patrol"}}]}] ```