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Friday, September 8, 2017
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MANILA – The Philippines will assist some 10,000 Filipinos who may be deported after the United States government decided to rescind a program that allows undocumented immigrant children to stay legally in the US.
Funds earmarked to assist Filipinos overseas can be released to help those affected by the revocation of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said.
He called on Filipinos in the US to actively support efforts to pass legislation that would benefit immigrants enrolled in DACA. Those who may be affected should hope for the best but be prepared for the worst, he said.
“In any event, we are ready to welcome and assist our (compatriots) in whatever way we can if they are returned to the Philippines,” Cayetano said in a statement.
The Philippine Embassy in Washington said there are 3.4 million Filipinos in the US, and some 310,000 of them are undocumented.
DACA was created by President Barack Obama in 2012 after intense pressure from immigrant advocates who wanted protections for the young immigrants who were mostly raised in the US but lacked legal status.
The program protects them from deportation – granting a two-year reprieve that can be extended and by issuing a work permit and a Social Security number.
DACA recipients must meet several requirements, including having no criminal record. Immigrants who are accepted into the program and later get arrested face deportation to their home country.
They also must have been 30 or younger when the program was launched and brought to the US before age 16. (AP)
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