{"id":198808,"date":"2019-01-22T20:58:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T01:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=198808"},"modified":"2025-01-09T02:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T07:15:45","slug":"palace-may-appeal-us-ban-on-filipino-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/22\/palace-may-appeal-us-ban-on-filipino-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace may appeal US ban on Filipino workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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H2-A visas are temporary visas for foreign agricultural workers while H2-B visas are issued to foreign workers providing non-agricultural services in the US. (PNA File Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday said that it may ask the United States (US) government to reconsider the one-year ban it imposed on new Filipino migrant workers from Jan. 19, 2019 to Jan. 18, 2020.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that new workers from the Philippines carrying H2-A and H2-B visas are no longer allowed to seek employment.<\/p>\n

The US-DHS cited a high rate of overstaying Filipinos and high volume of trafficking victims in the US under the H2-B status.<\/p>\n

H2-A visas are temporary visas for foreign agricultural workers while H2-B visas are issued to foreign workers providing non-agricultural services in the US.<\/p>\n

Panelo said that while the Palace respects the US government\u2019s directive, it might consider appealing the US decision if it fails to prove that there is basis to impose the ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that is the law in the US and if there were violations, then we have to respect if they have basis for that. We will only react if our workers are being mistreated, maltreated or being discriminated against. And if they violated the laws of the US, then they have to face the music,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo said that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be in charge of working with the US in addressing the issues and filing an appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil such time as they lift that\u2026 what we can do is first, we need to know whether there is basis for their decision,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf we can see\u00a0na wala naman<\/em>\u00a0(that there\u2019s none), then we will ask for a reconsideration — but that\u2019s the job again as I said of DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) and the US Ambassador (Sung Kim),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, did not necessarily agree with the DHS notice that cited a high volume of overstaying and trafficked Filipinos in the US unless it has concluded its investigation on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot necessarily. When you say human trafficking, the US government must have conducted investigation on that. If their investigation yields that there was a violation, oh I don\u2019t think\u00a0puwede tayong makialam doon<\/em>\u00a0(we can interfere),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

For the meantime, he said the Philippine government has to improve its anti-trafficking measures to prosecute traffickers and protect victims.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat we can do is to do our own controls here\u00a0para hindi nakakadating doon iyong mga trafficking na nanggagaling sa atin<\/em>\u00a0(so that trafficking victims here don\u2019t reach there),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything that will affect our countrymen will always be a concern of the President,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato, for his part, assured that the agency is addressing the concern and reminded Filipinos in the US to follow immigration rules and avoid staying beyond what is allowed in their visa.<\/p>\n

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\u201c…The Philippines is open to the possibility of working with the United States in addressing these issues, as it has previously done so with similar concerns involving the Filipino Community there,\u201d Cato said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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