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Duterte to 'extortionists' in immigration: One mistake and I will kill you

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 12:12 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday warned immigration officials against extorting money from foreigners. Read more »

Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 05:33 PM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems. Read more »

BI arrests Japanese fugitive in Malate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 01:43 PM

MANILA - A Japanese fugitive wanted for theft, counterfeiting private documents and fraud in Japan was arrested in Malate last June 12, the Bureau of Immigration reported. Read more »

Mexico calls migrant children separation 'inhumane,' 'racist'

Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 08:27 AM

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's foreign minister on Tuesday called the separation of children from immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border "cruel and inhumane" while the leftist front-runner ahead of next month's presidential vote called it "racist." Read more »

Trump: To prosecute migrants, 'you have to take the children away'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 03:27 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the "zero tolerance" policy leading to thousands of migrant families being split on the U.S. border as the only effective way to fight illegal immigration. Read more »

Trump claims crime rising in Germany, questioning official data

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 12:40 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on the false assertion that immigration is driving up crime in Germany, casting doubt on the country's official statistics. Read more »

Why is the Trump administration separating immigrant families?

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 06:16 PM

President Donald Trump declared Monday that the US will not become a "migrant camp" as his administration faced a backlash for its practice of separating the children of illegal immigrants from their parents. Read more »

Children separated from parents at US border sob, wail desperately

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 06:06 PM

Several Central American children separated from parents at the southern US border are heard desperately sobbing and wailing in a recording released Monday by transparency group ProPublica, some so hard they almost cannot breathe. Read more »

CHR says proper protocol must be observed amid Sister Fox's deportation struggle

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 05:53 PM

The Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the Department of Justice to overturn the decision of the Bureau of Immigration to withdraw the visa of Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox. Read more »

Palace: Sister Fox not yet off the hook

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 02:01 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday said the administration’s bid to kick Australian nun Patricia Fox is not yet over despite the decision of the justice department nullifying the immigration bureau’s order forfeiting her missionary visa.   Read more »

'Inhumane, disgusting': Filipino family blasts Trump's immigration policy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 07:40 AM

More than 500 people gathered outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in New Jersey on Sunday to protest Trump administration's immigration "zero tolerance" policy.   Read more »

Trump says US not 'migrant camp' amid family separation crisis

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 07:31 AM

President Donald Trump vowed Monday that the United States would not become a "migrant camp," as he faced soaring pressure to end the separation of immigrant families on America's southern border.   Read more »

2,300-plus child-parent separations at U.S. border since May

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 04:59 AM

U.S. officials have separated 2,342 children from their parents at the border with Mexico since shortly before a "zero tolerance" policy targeting illegal immigration was announced in early May, officials said Monday. Read more »

'Patuloy ako': Australian nun on win vs Immigration bureau

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 12:48 AM

Odds are stacked against her and that's why Australian nun Patricia Fox didn't expect that the wheels of justice would turned in her favor. Read more »

Eskuwelahan sa Amerika, ipapangalan sa Pinoy na dating 'ilegal'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 10:24 PM

Bukod sa Pinoy, kabilang din ang Apple founder na si Steve Jobs sa mga taong pinagpilian kung kanino maaaring isunod ang pangalan ng paaralan. Read more »

Sister Fox stays: DOJ says immigration has no 'legal basis' to cancel visa

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 10:28 PM

(UPDATED) The Department of Justice (DOJ) has nullified the Bureau of Immigration’s order forfeiting the missionary visa of Australian nun Patricia Fox on technical grounds. Read more »

Sister Fox fights to continue missionary work in Philippines, lawyer says

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 09:59 AM

Should the DOJ deny Fox's appeal, she would elevate the case to President Rodrigo Duterte's office or to the Supreme Court, her lawyer said.  Read more »

US lawmakers, first lady call for end to migrant family separations

Olivia Hampton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 06:32 AM

Democratic and Republican lawmakers upped the ante Sunday on the thorny issue of the separation of migrant children from their parents at the US border, as First Lady Melania Trump made a rare political plea to end the deeply controversial practice. Read more »

2 Pinoys arrested by immigration agents in Southern California

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Jun 16 12:33 AM

United States immigration officials have rounded up two Philippine nationals in their latest operations in Southern California. Read more »

Immigration officers intercept 20 Pinoy workers bound for Central Africa over 'dubious' papers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 08:36 PM

Airport authorities on Wednesday intercepted 20 Filipinos bound for Central Africa after they presented "dubious" documents, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Wednesday.   Read more »