Immigration activist Vargas released by U.S Border patrol: group says

(GNN) - Immigration activist and undocumented immigrant Jose Vargas was released by the U.S. Border patrol on Tuesday after being detained for several hours while trying to board a domestic flight leaving McAllen, Texas, an immigration rights group said.

United We Dream, a group with which Vargas had been working in the border region of Texas, said he had been released. U.S. Border Patrol officials were not immediately available for comment.

(GNN - Reuters - AIP)(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Eric Walsh)

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