by Jeffrey Damicog
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will start deporting on Wednesday, Oct. 19, foreigners who worked with the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) whose licenses have been cancelled by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on Tuesday, Oct. 18, said during a press conference that BI Commissioner Norman G. Tansingco has informed him that “five or six of them will be deported,”
“There are 400 more in custody who are being scheduled. China is validating the identities of the persons to be deported if they are really their nationals,” Remulla said.
Meanwhile, Remulla said the Department of Justice (DOJ) is studying the recommendation made by the BI to implement an amnesty for illegal aliens in the country.
“This problem will have to be resolved for the country, hindi lang sa POGO (not only for POGO),” he explained.
“We have so many illegal aliens in this country who have to be recorded properly,” he pointed out.
Remulla lamented that illegal aliens in the country have become “milking cows of many people who should not be doing it.”
“So, these illegal aliens we have to deal with them. All of this mistreatment of foreigners in our country has to stop,” he stressed.
