00:00Almost no one is leaving the house, some Filipinos whose status in America is illegal
00:06because of the left-right operation against undocumented immigrants.
00:11One person who talked to GMA Integrated News
00:14has a call to US President Donald Trump to support him.
00:19JT Soriano was on the line.
00:25More than two decades in America,
00:28but now,
00:29John hasn't been able to go to work for a few days.
00:32He doesn't have a real name.
00:34He is one of the thousands of undocumented immigrants
00:38that are being hunted by the immigration authorities of America
00:41following the arrest of the new US President Donald Trump.
00:45I'm really worried
00:47because we don't know what will really be done.
00:54So you're not able to work because you're just at home?
00:57That's how it is.
00:59How will you ride and go to work
01:02if you suddenly get sick and have a cold?
01:07To be honest,
01:08his original company in America petitioned him,
01:12but it was rejected
01:14because the process of legalizing John's stay in America
01:17is not yet complete.
01:20I hope the father of this country listens
01:24and supports me.
01:27He will understand our situation here.
01:30We are not thieves.
01:32We are not thieves.
01:34The assistance and recognition of the rights of people like John
01:39is being pursued by the Philippine-American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
01:44According to FALDEF Executive Director
01:47and Immigration Lawyer Licel Cobrador,
01:49it is important that those affected by the crackdown
01:53receive their rights.
01:55If someone knocks and they say they are ICE agents,
01:58they need to see the document
02:00to know if they really need to enter,
02:05if there is a warrant,
02:06if there is a notice to appear.
02:08Because if there is none and they opened it,
02:11that's a problem because they already opened it and let them in.
02:14A few days before Trump was elected,
02:1624 Filipinos were deported from America.
02:20And 16 more Filipinos were deported back to the Philippines.
02:26The monitoring and approval of the Philippine Embassy in America
02:31continues to the affected Filipinos
02:33when they go to the consulates of the Philippines.
02:37The rights of Filipinos are being investigated
02:41and they are being told not to go there
02:43until there is no legal way
02:45for them to leave
02:48and be imprisoned.
02:50For GMA Integrated News,
02:53JP Soriano,
02:54for 24 Hours.
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