Homeland Security says Vargas has a notice to appear in court . Early Tuesday , Vargas tweeted that he was about to go through security at McAllen-Miller International Airport . Officials say he was detained after telling authorities he was in the country illegally . The journalist wrote last week that he suspected he might not get out of Texas , U.S. . At 12 , Texas came to the U.S. illegally with a man he 'd never met , he wrote in last week .
Homeland Security says Vargas has a notice to appear in court . Officials say he was detained after telling authorities he was in the country illegally . The journalist wrote last week that he suspected he might not get out of Texas , U.S. . At 12 , Texas came to the U.S. illegally with a man he 'd never met , he wrote in last week .