villega, like many undocumented immigrants in the filipino community in the united states, entered the country legally as a tourist visa in 2003. he decided to overstay however when he was diagnosed with diabetes, claiming that he feared returning to the philippines because the lack of his resources there meant a more debilitating condition. his daughter, a legal immigrant who came with a student visa, was set to petition him in 2010 when she becomes a u.s. citizen.
villega is now awaiting a hearing with homeland security in march.villega's arrest is part of a seemingly new strategy of partnerships being undertaken by immigration authorities to curb the growth of undocumented immigrants in the u.s.
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villega's arrest is part of a seemingly new strategy of partnerships being undertaken by immigration authorities to curb the growth of undocumented immigrants in the u.s.
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local officers trained under 287 (g) learn to use ice and homeland security department databases to find out a person's immigration status. in addition, police now also have access to civil immigration warrants (also known as outstanding deportation orders), many of which were added beginning in 2002 to the fbi-run national crime information center, formerly a database only for criminals.
increasingly, because of this policy, undocumented immigrants are now being caught during routine traffic violations.
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for villega, it came down to a simple sentiment. "when they arrested me, i cried. and then i was just consumed with anger." "binastos nila ako. we are not criminals. why do we have to be treated this way?"
ice is not acting only with tsa, they're also working with bus companies...
In USA we are over ran with Illegals Aliens from Mexico. I live in Dallas Texas USA, and the amount of illegal aliens are unreal.
As opposed to Philippines, they do not and will not learn English.
They get deported and come back to USA within weeks.
The city I live, They were turning Illegal Aliens over to ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) if they were arrested for a violation. Now ICE has told them to stop turning them over unless they commit a felony.
So I think the Immigration Control in USA is out of control and out of hand.
Illegal Immigration is in USA is out of hand. I think Dallas is a Sancturary City for Illegal Aliens, as well as alot of other cities in USA.
Illegal immigrants come from other countries as well as Mexico and many have never learned to read and write English. And that goes for those from the Philippines as well that are in the US. And it is not dependent only on someone's age, but what they are comfortable with.
Illegal immigration knows no boundaries and people from all countries as well as educational backgrounds are covered under this as well.
Please do not think that all illegals are itinerent farm workers coming to the US. There are professors here that have overstayed visas, not intentional, but it has been known to occur, and in the eyes of the US government that are here illegally. Same thing as a nurse that comes to the US and overstays their visa or works on a tourist visa, they are illegal just the same.
Please be careful in who you include with your generalizations, which are just that.
I wish that USA will add more strict policies so that illegal immigrants will be minimize. I heard lots of people going to US and overstaying there, to think they only hold a tourist visa.
I hate the fact that a lot of filipinos get away with it. They are just bringing bad name to our Country !
But overstaying and working illegally is considered criminal isn't it ?? And if one is working illegally then I also presume that they are not paying the proper taxes as well.
Can someone denounce and reject my comment above if I'm totally wrong.
*Will add this link to our Return to Sender thread in the Int'l forum as well.
They are paying their tax by working for less money than the americans. Thats the tax, illegal immigrants pay. Why do you think the US still keeps them haha ??? because they profit from them
they are paying their tax by working for less money than the americans. thats the tax, illegal immigrants pay. why do you think the us still keeps them haha ??? because they profit from them
there was a study (heritage foundation?) 2 years ago that illegal immigrants pay too little taxes, if at all.
of those families that pay, they get up to 5 times more (if i recall correctly) in benefits from the state--chief among them being education and healthcare.
bottomline was the taxpayers were paying to support these illegal immigrant families--and this amount is much more than the benefits the us gets from illegal immigrant labor.
anchor babies are being used as keys to access education, and some lawmakers are trying to address this issue.
I am here in the Philippines on a visa issued to me lawfully and with the understanding I will abide by the conditions and laws for immigrants here.
Had I failed to renew my visa every 59 days as required by LAW, then indeed I would be held in criminal contempt of THE LAW.
I too am treated here for diabetes and am quite pleased with the level of medical care I receive for this. I would have NO EXCUSE to ignore immigration laws for medical or any other condition.
Over the past 4 years I have had to follow the instructions and pay the fees to obtain a permanent residence (13a) visa status. I spent many many hours through the bureacracy and paid thousands of pesos for this visa status.
I neither expected nor received any special consideration or help, but stood in line patiently waiting along with hundreds of others from Europe, Korea, Canada, USA, and never ever considered attempting to evade or break any laws while I am a "guest" of the Philippines.
In addition, even with permanent residency status, I am NOT allowed to own property, I am NOT allowed to work without a special visa waiver, I am NOT allowed to own a business, so I willingly comply with the laws of this nation, even if it seems quite unfair compared to how others are treated in the USA with respect to property and employment laws. Notheless, I OBEY THE RULES of this country and respect the laws.
I EXPECT NO LESS FROM FILIPINOS GOING TO MY HOMELAND.
how do you report illegal immigrants, do you have to get their SSN or just give their address to the authorities or something? My father is an illegal immigrant in the US , together with his "other" family. Im hoping he can be deported, he has pending abandonment and domestic abuse case here, he wont even sign the annulment papers. He needs to be deported
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I am here in the Philippines on a visa issued to me lawfully and with the understanding I will abide by the conditions and laws for immigrants here.
Had I failed to renew my visa every 59 days as required by LAW, then indeed I would be held in criminal contempt of THE LAW.
I too am treated here for diabetes and am quite pleased with the level of medical care I receive for this. I would have NO EXCUSE to ignore immigration laws for medical or any other condition.
Over the past 4 years I have had to follow the instructions and pay the fees to obtain a permanent residence (13a) visa status. I spent many many hours through the bureacracy and paid thousands of pesos for this visa status.
I neither expected nor received any special consideration or help, but stood in line patiently waiting along with hundreds of others from Europe, Korea, Canada, USA, and never ever considered attempting to evade or break any laws while I am a "guest" of the Philippines.
In addition, even with permanent residency status, I am NOT allowed to own property, I am NOT allowed to work without a special visa waiver, I am NOT allowed to own a business, so I willingly comply with the laws of this nation, even if it seems quite unfair compared to how others are treated in the USA with respect to property and employment laws. Notheless, I OBEY THE RULES of this country and respect the laws.
I EXPECT NO LESS FROM FILIPINOS GOING TO MY HOMELAND.
Hoss
Now that you have a feel of how the government works here, I hope you now understand why so many Filipinos want to get out of the country...Policies and the way government runs things here are so bad. Philippines and its leaders do not fully understand LPR status, hence it's a shame...A pity that we will celebrate independence day tomorrow here yet I cannot fully say that we are independent or can be independent...What is the use of independence when your country cannot stand on its own and when its citizens do not wish to stay...
Better if Philippine leaders in the past just allowed Philippines to be under US territory...There is no legacy here, only suffering and corruption handed down from one generation to the next(the other).
I am here in the Philippines on a visa issued to me lawfully and with the understanding I will abide by the conditions and laws for immigrants here.
Had I failed to renew my visa every 59 days as required by LAW, then indeed I would be held in criminal contempt of THE LAW.
I too am treated here for diabetes and am quite pleased with the level of medical care I receive for this. I would have NO EXCUSE to ignore immigration laws for medical or any other condition.
Over the past 4 years I have had to follow the instructions and pay the fees to obtain a permanent residence (13a) visa status. I spent many many hours through the bureacracy and paid thousands of pesos for this visa status.
I neither expected nor received any special consideration or help, but stood in line patiently waiting along with hundreds of others from Europe, Korea, Canada, USA, and never ever considered attempting to evade or break any laws while I am a "guest" of the Philippines.
In addition, even with permanent residency status, I am NOT allowed to own property, I am NOT allowed to work without a special visa waiver, I am NOT allowed to own a business, so I willingly comply with the laws of this nation, even if it seems quite unfair compared to how others are treated in the USA with respect to property and employment laws. Notheless, I OBEY THE RULES of this country and respect the laws.
I EXPECT NO LESS FROM FILIPINOS GOING TO MY HOMELAND.
Hoss
i think you have to marry a filipina to own a property or own a business
but i might be wrong.but admit it you are living like a millionaire here
suzanne4, RN
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Illegal immigrants come from other countries as well as Mexico and many have never learned to read and write English. And that goes for those from the Philippines as well that are in the US. And it is not dependent only on someone's age, but what they are comfortable with.
Illegal immigration knows no boundaries and people from all countries as well as educational backgrounds are covered under this as well.
Please do not think that all illegals are itinerent farm workers coming to the US. There are professors here that have overstayed visas, not intentional, but it has been known to occur, and in the eyes of the US government that are here illegally. Same thing as a nurse that comes to the US and overstays their visa or works on a tourist visa, they are illegal just the same.
Please be careful in who you include with your generalizations, which are just that.