Bureau of Immigration to deport nine illegal foreign vendors

November 12, 2018

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is deporting nine illegal foreigners arrested recently in Pasay and Manila for working in the country without permits.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the aliens are undergoing proceedings before the Bureau’s Board of Commissioners after they were charged for violating immigration laws.

Four aliens were arrested last Oct. 26 inside the Manila City Plaza mall in Quiapo, Manila while the rest were apprehended on the same day at the Two Shopping Center in Pasay.

Morente said the aliens were caught selling retail goods to the public by BI Intelligence operatives.

“We will deport them for blatantly violating our immigration laws,” Morente said.  “Foreigners are prohibited in engaging in any gainful activity without the proper visas,” he stated.

Those arrested at the Quiapo mall were identified as Cai Shaoqiu, Cai Shengfeng, Tian Changsheng, and She Lijuan, while those collared in the Pasay raid were Lin Manyi, Zeng Xinfu, Xiao Jinxiang, Zhang Yang Sheng, and Chichi Zhuang.

According to Morente, most foreign vendors were undocumented and failed to present their immigration documents.

“In fact, during the check, one of them presented a counterfeit immigration document, while another may have assumed someone else’s identity as he had no record of arrival,” Morente said. DMS