Filipinos illegally in US worried about mass deportation

US president-elect Donald Trump will likely carry out his promise of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, and many Filipinos illegally staying in the US are now worried about the plan, according to Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez.

- PIA LEE-BRAGO

In an interview yesterday on dzBB, Romualdez said he spoke with people from the Trump campaign, and he believed the promised mass deportation would push through.

"This time, it might be serious. American sentiments are stronger now. That's why president Trump won, that's (immigration) their main issue. There truly are too many illegal immigrants entering the US right now," Romualdez said in Filipino.

Trump repeatedly vowed to carry out the largest deportation effort in American history.