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Thailand immigrant crackdown eyes 'dark-skinned people'

Dene-Hern Chen and Thanaporn Promyamyai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 02:32 PM

Allegedly aimed at busting visa abusers and illegal migrants, a Thai police operation called "X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner" has raised questions about racial profiling and fears for asylum-seekers caught in its web. Read more »

Trump warns Mexico on migrant caravan, threatens to close border

Reuters
Posted at Oct 18 08:41 PM

Trump, who has made curtailing immigration and building a border wall on the Mexican border a key platform, has previously threatened to shut off aid and dispatch troops there. Read more »

Sister Fox blasts BI 'sloppy' intel based on social media in deportation case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 09:35 AM

Australian nun Sister Patricia Fox slammed the Bureau of Immigration on Monday for its reliance on “sloppy intelligence report” to prove her supposed partisan political activities. Read more »

Chinese fugitive arrested in Pasay, faces deportation

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 01:27 PM

MANILA — Another Chinese fugitive wanted for large-scale fraud in his country has been arrested and will be deported, the Bureau of Immigration said Thursday. Read more »

Pinoys with electronic boarding passes can use NAIA 3 immigration e-gates

Raoul Esperas
Posted at Oct 10 02:31 AM

MANILA - Filipinos holding electronic Philippine passports and electronic boarding passes can now use the Bureau of Immigration's electronic gates at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 arrival area.   Read more »

BI denies Australian nun Fox's appeal to extend missionary visa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 03:01 PM

Sister Patricia Fox earlier filed a motion for consideration at the Bureau of Immigration after the extension of her missionary visa was denied. Read more »

Why Fil-Ams should run for office in US polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 12:16 PM

A group is pushing Filipino-Americans in the United States to run for public office. Read more »

Suspected ISIS member barred from entering PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 12:00 PM

The Bureau of Immigration on Monday said it barred a suspected terrorist from entering the Philippines at the Clark International Airport two weeks ago. Read more »

NU player Troy Rike arrested, detained for 24 hours: report

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 12:28 PM

He was served a warrant of arrest by Bureau of Immigration officials on the grounds that he was studying in the Philippines without the proper visa.   Read more »

Pinoy in New Jersey spared from deportation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 06:25 PM

 It has been an emotional roller coaster ride for 47-year-old Cloyd Edralin and his family. Read more »

Immigration deports 9 undocumented Koreans

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 10:36 AM

Nine Korean nationals are set to be deported to their home country after officials found them working in Parañaque City without proper working documents, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. Read more »

Panukalang paglimita sa green card sa Amerika, ikinababahala ng ilang Pinoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 01:43 AM

Nababahala ang ilang Pinoy sa Amerika sa panukala ng Trump administration. Read more »

Italy to narrow asylum rights in clampdown on immigration

Steve Scherer, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 12:37 AM

ROME - Italy's populist government on Monday escalated its clampdown on irregular immigration with a decree aimed at slashing the number of people awarded asylum and doubling the time irregular migrants can be detained. Read more »

Mexico president-elect says will not fight with Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 04:41 PM

Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he does not want to fight with US President Donald Trump on immigration. Read more »

Green card clampdown planned for US immigrants on benefits

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 02:16 PM

US immigrants who get public benefits like food stamps or housing vouchers could be denied green cards, under a new proposal from President Donald Trump's administration. Read more »

Jose Antonio Vargas shares life as undocumented immigrant in new book

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Sep 22 12:00 PM

NEW YORK CITY - It’s a big week for Pulitzer-prize winning Filipino journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, known widely as the most high-profile undocumented immigrant in the United States.   Read more »

US cuts refugee admissions to 30,000 for 2019: Pompeo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 07:01 AM

The Trump administration slashed its annual cap on refugee acceptances Monday for the second year in a row, saying it would take a maximum of just 30,000 in the fiscal year to come.   Read more »

Sister Fox not giving up on missionary visa extension

Zyann Ambrosio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 05:34 PM

MANILA - Sister Patricia Fox filed for a motion for consideration at the Bureau of Immigration after the extension of her missionary visa was denied. Read more »

Sister Fox loses appeal to keep missionary visa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 12:29 PM

The Bureau of Immigration has denied Australian nun Patricia Fox's request to extend her missionary visa. Read more »

7 menor de edad na ipapadala sana sa Saudi, nasagip sa Pasay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 03:06 PM

Sinalakay at ininspeksiyon ng NBI ang isang ''accommodation house'' sa Pasay City kung saan umano ibinabahay ng isang agency ang mga recruit. Read more »