vargas on cnn a few weeks ago. >> america is not a country that turns its back on children. that's not who we are as a country. i don't want to bring race into this. but if these were white kids, would we be doing this to the kids? >> this guy has an ulterior motive for doing this. he's on television. he will most likely write a book about this and include this in it. he is selfish to go to that border and pull off a stunt like that when the border patrol people have enough to worry about. he's also thumbing his nose at american law. this guy broke the law! >> he was brought here at the age of 12 from the philippines. he has sort of come out of the closet. he did that in "the new york times" magazine in 2011. he's certainly very good at getting attention. do you think the mainstream media treat him as a hero? >> of course and he's millinging it for a book contract and a movie deal, god knows what else.