i still believe we have a long, long way to go. >> i would ask the panel to please stand to be sworn in. do you swear that the testimony you are about to give before the committee be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. all sworn in. mr. vargas, please go ahead. >> i come to you as one of our country's 11 million undocumented immigrants. many of us, americans at heart, but without the right paperses to show for it. too often we are treated as abstractions, faceless and nameless subjects of debate rather than individuals with families, hopes, fears and dreams. we dream of a path to citizenship so we can actively participate in our american democracy. we dream of contributing to the country we call our home.