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Jesus, Mary and Joseph as detained refugees in California nativity

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 08:45 AM

CLAREMONT - Baby Jesus is lying in a manger inside a cage, wrapped in an emergency foil blanket and separated from Mary and Joseph, who are each trapped in cells of their own.  Read more »

11 Chinese na ilegal umanong nagtatrabaho sa Tacloban City hinuli

Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 05:45 PM

Walang maipakitang visa o anumang kaukulang dokumento ang mga banyaga. Read more »

Immigration bureau to set up e-gates at NAIA for departing OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 01:55 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to launch its electronic gates (e-gates) at the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport before Christmas exclusively for use of overseas Filipino workers.   Read more »

‘Hell’s Angels’ gang member barred from entering PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 03:28 PM

The Bureau of Immigration has stopped an alleged member of the “dreaded international motorcycle gang” Hells Angels from entering the Philippines. Read more »

Long-term detention of foreigners on the rise in Japan, lawyers say

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 27 10:36 PM

The long-term detainment of foreign nationals at immigration centers in Japan is an infringement upon human rights, the country's bar association warned Wednesday.   Read more »

South Korean na suspek sa kasong swindling, timbog sa Cagayan de Oro

Vernie Damolo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 10:06 PM

Tinangka din umano ng suspek na suhulan ang mga awtoridad ng P200,000 at gold bars kapalit ng kanyang kalayaan, nang maaresto ito. Read more »

With tears and white roses, Vietnam receives first bodies found in British truck

Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 07:45 PM

NGHE AN, Vietnam - With tears in their eyes and white roses in their hands, friends and relatives of the 39 Vietnamese people who were found dead in the back of a British truck last month sobbed as the first bodies to be repatriated arrived in rural Vietnam on Wednesday.   Read more »

4 Chinese timbog sa paggamit ng mga pekeng pasaporte

Henry Atuelan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 02:52 PM

Arestado ang 4 na Chinese sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport matapos magtangkang pumasok sa bansa gamit ang mga pekeng Paraguay passports. Read more »

BI nangangailangan ng 100 immigration officers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 02:59 PM

Nangangailangan ang Bureau of Immigration ng 100 immigration officers para sa international airports at seaports.  Read more »

Immigration officials nab 36 Japanese tagged in telecoms scam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 12:41 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Wednesday arrested 36 Japanese nationals, including 2 wanted criminals, for their alleged involvement in a telecommunications scam. Read more »

Higit 300 Tsino na sangkot sa 'telecom fraud' ipina-deport

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 03:27 PM

Ayon sa Bureau of Immigration, kanselado na ang pasaporte ng mga ito kaya pawang undocumented aliens na sila. Read more »

Immigration bureau to deport 300 illegal foreign workers to China

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 14 03:14 AM

The bureau said 21 minors who were arrested during the operation will also be deported. Read more »

Supreme Court leans toward Trump on ending 'Dreamers' immigrant program

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 13 07:18 AM

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled support on Tuesday for President Donald Trump's bid to kill a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants - dubbed "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children, even as liberal justices complained that the move would destroy lives. Read more »

US judge rules suspicionless searches of travelers' digital devices unconstitutional

Nate Raymond, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 05:06 AM

BOSTON - A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that US border agents need "reasonable suspicion" but not a warrant to search travelers’ smartphones and laptops at airports and other US ports of entry, a practice that has been growing in recent years.   Read more »

US Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to end safeguards for immigrant 'Dreamers'

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters
Posted at Nov 12 03:11 PM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Tuesday to hear arguments over the legality of President Donald Trump's effort to rescind a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - dubbed "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children, part of his tough immigration policies. Read more »

Vietnam to repatriate 39 nationals found dead in UK truck

Joe Jackson and Jenny Vaughan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 04:52 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom—Vietnam said Thursday it was working to repatriate 39 bodies now identified as Vietnamese nationals found in a truck near London last month, in a case that exposed the deadly risks of illegal migration to Europe. Read more »

As contingents arrive for SEA Games, immigration says ‘heightened alert’ up

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 03:12 AM

An immigration port operations chief said his office is expecting as many as 20,000 delegates to arrive for the Games. Read more »

Chinese passports na may 9-dash line, tatatakan muli ng Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 12:57 AM

Tatatakan na muli ng Bureau of Immigration ang pasaporte ng mga taga-China na pupunta sa Pilipinas. Read more »

10 detainees go on hunger strike at Japanese immigration center

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 06 11:03 PM

Around 10 foreigners detained at an immigration facility in Osaka have staged a hunger strike to protest their protracted detention, their supporters said Wednesday.   Read more »

PH begins stamping Chinese passports despite ‘propaganda’ sea map

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 12:12 PM

The Philippine immigration bureau announced Wednesday it would resume stamping passports of visiting Chinese nationals, following Manila’s reversal of a 7-year-old policy protesting Beijing’s expansive maritime claim. Read more »