00:00The government insisted that they are continuing to find ways to help undocumented Filipinos in the United States,
00:08particularly in matters of legality.
00:10It should be noted that this past month,
00:13the possible return of illegal Filipinos living in the U.S. has been reported.
00:18According to Philippine Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez,
00:22there are FILAM lawyers and groups that are volunteering to provide free legal assistance to undocumented Filipinos.
00:30Aside from this, the assistance to nationals or ATM program led by DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Nivega
00:39was also formed to help those who need to be repatriated or to provide support in their situation.
00:46The FILAM groups said that if they can afford it,
00:51if they don't have the resources to pay,
00:56they're willing to do it for free.
00:58Some of them can really afford it.
01:01That's what we're doing right now.
01:03And also, we have the ATM, which is what we call the assistance to nationals.
01:08So there, Euseb Edna Vega is in charge of that one.
01:13He also is on top of this.
01:15We will find ways to be able to help those who really need our help
01:20in repatriating them or helping them along the way.
