President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump about his new immigration policy, which is seen to affect hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in the U.S.
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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump about his
00:05new immigration policy.
00:06The policy is seen to affect hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in the U.S.
00:11I will meet with President Trump because there's much that we need to discuss between the U.S.
00:16and the Philippines in terms of trade, in terms of defense and security, and now, the
00:24new policy on immigration.
00:26Hundreds of Filipinos have already returned home.
00:29Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Romualdez reported that 24 Filipinos had been
00:33deported with 80 more facing imminent deportation.
00:37These cases were processed under the Biden administration.
00:40Trump's mass deportation plan, a key campaign promise, raises concerns within the Filipino-American
00:45community with even documented immigrants uncertain about their future.
00:50Over 4 million people of Filipino descent live in the U.S. and an estimated 350,000
00:55Filipinos are undocumented.
00:57Romualdez advises those undocumented Filipinos to voluntarily return to the Philippines to
01:01avoid deportation.