Dear America: notes of an undocumented citizen

PART I: LYING. Gamblers ; The wrong country ; Crittenden Middle School ; Not black, not white ; Filipinos ; Mexican José and Filipino Jose ; Fake ; Coming out PART II: PASSING. Playing a role ; Mountain View High School ; An adopted family ; Breaking the law ; The master narrative ; Ambition ; White people ; The Washington Post ; Strangers ; Bylines ; Campaign 2008 ; Purgatory ; Thirty ; Facing myself ; Lawyers ; Second coming out ; Outlaw ; Who am I? ; Inside Fox News ; Public person, private self ; Progress

PART III: HIDING. My government, myself ; Home ; Distant intimacy ; Leaving ; Staying ; Detained ; The machine ; National security threat ; Alone ; Interview ; Cycle of loss ; Truth.

Gamblers

The wrong country

Crittenden Middle School

Not black, not white

Filipinos

Mexican Jose and Filipino Jose

Fake

Coming out

Playing a role

Mountain View High School

An adopted family

Breaking the law

The master narrative

Ambition

White people

The Washington Post

Strangers

Bylines

Campaign 2008

Purgatory

Thirty

Facing myself

Lawyers

Second coming out

Outlaw

Who am I?

Inside Fox News

Public person, private self

Progress

My government, myself

Home

Distant intimacy

Leaving

Staying

Detained

The machine

National security threat

Alone

Interview

Cycle of loss

Truth.