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Iranian na umatake sa pulis sa Puerto Galera posible pa ring ma-deport

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 11:48 PM

Maaari pa ring mapa-deport o mailagay sa blacklist ng Bureau of Immigration ang Iranian na nanakit at nambastos sa isang pulis sa Puerto Galera. Read more »

'Filipino first': Senate resumes probe on Chinese workers influx

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 01:38 PM

Sen. Joel Villanueva said mechanisms should be in place to ensure that Filipinos get hired in emerging industries. Fast-growing offshore gaming operations in the Philippines hire Chinese nationals because they speak Mandarin. Read more »

US House Democrats move to block Trump's emergency declaration on border

Reuters
Posted at Feb 21 07:55 AM

WASHINGTON - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce a resolution on Friday to end President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on border security, according to aides to Representative Joaquin Castro. Read more »

Halos 300 dayuhang ilegal na nagtatrabaho sa Pinas, huli

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 02:22 AM

Kabilang dito ang ilang Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, at Malaysian.  Read more »

'Pedophile' priest arrested inside Immigration detention facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 08:35 PM

MANILA - A Catholic priest was arrested for acts of lasciviousness inside the detention facility of the Bureau of Immigration in Camp Bagong Diwa Tuesday. Read more »

Immigration arrests 276 foreigners in Makati raid

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 05:17 PM

MANILA — More than 200 foreign nationals were arrested in a raid of a network technology company in Makati City, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Tuesday. Read more »

2 Africans with fake Canadian visas nabbed at NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 12:27 PM

Two Africans with fake Canadian visas were arrested at the country's main airport earlier this month, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Sunday. Read more »

No decision made on spending for Trump's wall: Pentagon chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 09:35 AM

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday that no decision has been taken on funding President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico, a project that may come partly from redirected military funds. Read more »

US women detained for speaking Spanish sue border agency

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 16 10:45 AM

LOS ANGELES, United States - Two US women detained by a border patrol agent in the state of Montana after he heard them speaking Spanish in a grocery store have sued the country's border protection agency.   Read more »

Rapper 21 Savage released from custody on bond - lawyers

Brendan O'Brien, Reuters
Posted at Feb 13 06:05 AM

Rapper 21 Savage was released from custody on bond on Tuesday after he was held for 9 days in Georgia on immigration charges, his attorneys said. Read more »

Chinese na nagsaboy ng taho sa pulis, dinampot ng BI

Lady Vicencio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 02:51 AM

MAYNILA - Balik-kulungan Martes ng gabi ang 23 anyos na si Zhang Jiale matapos sunduin ng mga tauhan ng Bureau of Immigration (BI) sa Mandaluyong City Police Station. Read more »

US lawmakers announce tentative deal on wall, shutdown

Paul Ratje with Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 02:21 PM

US lawmakers announced late Monday an agreement in principle to avoid another government shutdown, with nearly $1.4 billion in money for construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, as President Donald Trump pushed his politically explosive crusade at a rally in the frontier city of El Paso. Read more »

Taho-throwing Chinese indicted for direct assault

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 01:22 PM

The Mandaluyong City prosecutor's office has found probable cause to charge the Chinese woman who threw soybean curd drink (taho) at a policeman in an MRT station over the weekend. Read more »

Chinese accused of molesting 3 teens could face deportation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 01:13 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday advised the parents of the three girls molested by a Chinese national to also file an immigration case against the foreigner. Read more »

BI unit wants Chinese woman in 'taho' tantrum deported

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 11:06 AM

The legal division of the Bureau of Immigration recommended the filing of a deportation of the Chinese student who threw soybean curd drink (taho) at a police officer, the agency said Tuesday. Read more »

California pulls most National Guard troops from U.S.-Mexico border

Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 09:00 AM

SACRAMENTO, California - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed an order withdrawing more than two-thirds of the state's National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico border, calling claims of an illegal immigration crisis there nothing but "political theater." Read more »

CEOs call for laws to protect US 'Dreamers'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 07:46 AM

More than 100 corporate leaders and other prominent figures on Monday called on US lawmakers to protect immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.  Read more »

Chinese na umano'y nanghipo sa 3 babae sa Pasay, arestado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 07:13 PM

Naaresto ang isang Chinese matapos umanong manghipo ng tatlong babae sa isang theme park sa Pasay City. Read more »

30 Chinese na ilegal na nagtatrabaho sa Pilipinas, hinuli

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 12:45 AM

Tatlumpong Chinese nationals ang inaresto ng Bureau of Immigration dahil ilegal na nagtatrabaho sa bansa. Read more »

Pagsaboy ng 'taho' sa MRT iimbestigahan ng Immigration bureau

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 03:00 PM

Iniimbestigahan ng Bureau of Immigration ang insidente ng pagsaboy ng taho ng isang babaeng Chinese sa pulis na nakatalaga sa istasyon ng MRT, sabi ngayong Lunes ng tagapagsalita ng ahensiya. Read more »