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DOJ probes immigration 'escorts' for illegal Chinese visitors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 05:18 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday said he has ordered an investigation into reports that some immigration personnel were offering "escort services to illegal Chinese workers. Read more »

US launches small-scale immigration raids as families hide

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 08:57 AM

US authorities launched small-scale operations to arrest undocumented families over the weekend in a start to President Donald Trump's plan to deport thousands of immigrants. Read more »

Immigrants in hiding, but no sign of threatened mass U.S. raids

Andrew Hay, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 08:28 AM

Immigrant families and their defenders were on standby Sunday for mass deportation arrests across the United States threatened by President Donald Trump, but by early afternoon there were no signs of a nationwide operation. Read more »

Trump confirms immigration raids set for the weekend

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 12:10 AM

Trump confirmed Friday that immigration agents will launch raids across the country this weekend to round up thousands of undocumented migrants for deportation. Read more »

Democrats warn Trump ahead of planned immigration raids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 06:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Democrats in the US Congress demanded Thursday that President Donald Trump protect families and children ahead of expected immigration raids this weekend. Read more »

Migrant whose daughter died slams 'cruelty' of US detention

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 08:07 AM

WASHINGTON - A Guatemalan woman whose infant daughter died after being held by US immigration authorities denounced the "cruelty" of the country's migrant detention centers on Wednesday. Read more »

2 'pekeng seafarer' hinarang sa NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 11:22 AM

Patungo sana ng Hongkong at Dubai ang dalawang lalaki nang matuklasan umano na peke ang kanilang mga dokumento. Read more »

Pag-deport sa Chinese na 'nanapak ng tanod, umihi sa kalsada' inihirit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 06:21 PM

Ayon kay Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, sumulat na sila sa Bureau of Immigration para ipa-deport ang dayuhan. Read more »

Trump says migrant detention centers to open to media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 08:08 AM

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said migrant detention centers that have come under criticism for overcrowding and poor conditions will be opened to visits by journalists. Read more »

Trump says immigration raids starting 'fairly soon'

Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 09:54 AM

President Donald Trump said on Friday mass deportation roundups would begin "fairly soon" as US migrant advocates vowed their communities would be "ready" when immigration officers come.   Read more »

Trump: Migrants can opt 'not to come' if they dislike squalid camps

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 07:33 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump brushed off reports of overcrowding and squalid conditions in migrant detention centers Wednesday by saying the migrants can opt "not to come" to the United States. Read more »

Online gaming boom fuels Chinese 'invasion' in PH, says BI

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 03:01 PM

MANILA - A boom in online gaming is fueling the influx of Chinese workers to the Philippines in the past couple of months, an immigration spokeswoman said Saturday.  Read more »

South Korean arrested in Angeles City for swindling

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 12:11 AM

A South Korean national wanted in South Korea for allegedly swindling 200 million won, or P8.7M, was arrested by Bureau of Immigration agents in Angeles City, Pampanga on Thursday.   Read more »

106 umano'y illegal Chinese workers sa Laguna nasa kustodiya ng BI

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 03:30 PM

Aabot sa 106 Chinese nationals na hinihinalang ilegal na nagtatrabaho sa pagawaan ng electronic products sa Laguna ang nilagay sa kustodiya ng Bureau of Immigration. Read more »

As migrants languish in border facilities, US Congress struggles to finalize emergency aid

Susan Cornwell and Imani Moise, Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 08:06 AM

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Congress and the White House were attempting to broker a deal over how to spend emergency aid to address the migrant surge as lawmakers, private companies and presidential candidates raised alarms about immigrants facing dangerous conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more »

UK's Boris Johnson pledges post-Brexit migration controls

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 07:31 AM

British leadership hopeful Boris Johnson pledged Thursday to introduce a new points-based system to control migration after Brexit, addressing a key issue from the EU referendum but not explicitly promising to cut numbers. Read more »

Photo of drowned migrant man, daughter fuels criticism of Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 03:30 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—A shocking photograph of a Salvadoran man and his nearly 2-year-old daughter drowned in the Rio Grande River fueled angry Democratic denunciations on Wednesday of the Trump administration's immigration policies. Read more »

Pope expresses ‘immense sadness’ at picture of drowned migrants

Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 12:14 AM

The New York Times called the picture a "portrait of desperation" and said it could galvanize attention over the plight of refugees and migrants from Central America. Read more »

Photo captures the pathos of migrants who risked it all

Azam Ahmed and Kirk Semple, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 26 11:23 PM

The image of a father and daughter lying facedown in the muddy water along the banks of the Rio Grande represents a poignant distillation of the perilous journey migrants face on their passage north to the US. Read more »

New status of residence in Japan offers opportunities for foreigners

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 24 08:58 PM

Overseas workers sat a first ever exam in April to become qualified for Japan's newly introduced "specified skilled worker" status of residence. Read more »