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Corruption at the Bureau of Immigration: Let's Meet the Players

In the spirit of Benigno Simeon BS Aquino III's eerie habit, we decided to follow his tradition of opening all his public statements HIS way. And that my friends is his well tested, fully oiled opening statements or reason that whenever he decided on something stupendously important, he never forgets to include this line: "there is a CLAMOR..."

Unfortunately, none of us here in PGUS can exactly mimic his habitual mannerism of mouth agape. So, this can only prove one thing: the man is a natural talent of unwittingly exposing his vacuous head whenever confronted with a tough decision or even simply going about of doing his directionless life.

Okay, going back to tradition, our email is full of requests coming from one of readers/followers of our humble page, namely the Philippine Government Under Scrutiny (PGUS). There is a CLAMOR that openly requests the expose of their current Commissioner Ricardo David, Jr. Apparently, the employees are not happy on how the dimwitted David is running the bureau.

Further, it is interesting to note how DKM's information directly parallels the claims of our readers who made the said requests. This clearly indicates that DKM's testimony has a +/- accuracy of 89%.

O, kala nyo False Asia at SWS kayo lang ang me kakayahan na gumawa ng survey ha? Hah! Kahit ba na dati akong OCW, mas magaling naman kami dito kumpara sa Yellow media ninyo gaya ng ABS-CBN at ng Phil. Daily Inquirer. Pero bilib kami sa staff ng PDI dahil magagaling kayong kumuha ng info. Yun nga lang mali ang kinukuha ninyo. 

Okay, before we go deeper into the topic of exposing these IDIOTIC minions of President ABNONG IDIOT III de la TRAYDOR, it is of utmost importance that you meet the players and the dirty tactics on how they victimize the foreign visitors in Philippines my Philippines.

Hwag kayong mag-alala mga kababayan at isa-isahin natin ang mga hinaing ninyo.

Here's your guide on the machinery of the Bureau of Immigration and how they work:

Corruption is very difficult to prove and can be easily manipulated because of cash money only being accepted and always through a middle man, so that it is impossible to catch them in the act. The following content is based on circumstantial evidence, verbal testimony and unwritten common practice, we will let you make your own determination.

• The tool they use to take you into custody is a Mission order (valid for 7 days only), usually with no date on it, is issued to verify your passport and visa documents, basically this is a means to arrest and detain you. When they do arrest you, they will stamp a date on another Mission order, so that the effective date is not expired. Even though your documents are all verified, you will be held for several months to years until extortion money is paid
• The weapon that immigration officials use is arbitrary detention, illegally detaining long past the due process time frames set by the Supreme Court; decisions by the commissioner and associate commissioners, by law is 30 days, cases are being held for several months to years until extortion money is paid!
• Immigration officials are coordinating with police and court officials to obtain foreigners case information, if it is a criminal case and a bail is posted, immigration officials will immediately take the foreigner into custody as soon as bail is posted, even though there is no visa or immigration violation!
• Vital Motions to Quash, Motions for reconsideration, Motion for bail, Motions for voluntary deportation will be either “lost, misplaced or missing”, even though they were received and stamped by the Bureau of Immigration, thus delaying the response time in order to pressure into paying extortion money.
• There are numerous cases of people with minor visa violations such as over-stay or undocumented. Instead of the detainee being given the opportunity to correct this violation by paying the penalty and updating the Visa or securing documentation from their respective Embassies, the Bureau detains them and forces deportation and black-listing of the detainee. Most have to pay to be deported, 150,000 – 2,000,000 Philippine Pesos, then again they will have to pay to be removed from blacklist to be able to return, 150,000 – 300,000 Philippine Pesos.
• Detainees who do not have legal representation or can’t afford it are left to suffer without legal counsel in violation of their rights and International law, basically, if you do not have money to pay bribes, you do not get out!
• Most Immigration lawyers who represent detainees are molded into being middle men for fixing these extortion deals, they have the direct contact with the hearing officers and associate commissioners to broker the deal, of course they also get a piece of the action.
• There are many other cases where detainees face minor penal code violation charges, have been granted their liberty by the Philippine Courts and now the Bureau detains them, even if they have no immigration violations.  There is little to no opportunity to bail and deal with their cases, despite the Courts granting their provisional liberty due to the minor nature of the penal code violation they are facing. To get bail from immigration is 50,000 Philippine pesos but the under table processing fee is between 150,000 – 300,000 Philippine pesos.
• The issue is you have long term detainees who are refused bail or other non-custodial measures are not deported nor released, but arbitrarily detained indefinitely at the whim of the fourth floor legal department and the Commissioner. Only if they pay extortion money are they released.
• In the rare instances where bail is granted, it is common knowledge amongst detainees and immigration lawyers that it was due to extortion money being paid, usually between 150,000 – 300,000 Philippine Pesos, detainees who are eligible to leave and have all clearances are similarly held indefinitely and either extorted for money or those that do not have it are simply left  detained indefinitely.
This is the list of Immigration officials at the Manila main office determining your fate,

Hon. Ricardo A. David, Jr.; Commissioner, Hon. Abdullah S. Mangotara; Associate Commissioner, Hon. Siegfred B. Mison; Associate Commissioner, Atty. Ma. Antonette B. Mangrobang; Acting Chief, Intelligence Division, Eric E. Dimaculangan; OIC, Executive Director, Atty. Arvin Cesar G. Santos; Chief, Law and Investigation Division, Atty. Estanislao R. Canta; Acting Chairman, Board of Special Inquiry, Atty. Grace Gaudelyn B. Lara; Head Exec. Assistant.

The legal department of immigration which also includes arresting officers formerly headed by Armello De Castro, now under the supervision of Eric Dimaculangan have formed a well run extortion machine in order to intimidate foreigners into paying release money by imprisoning them at Bicutan detention center. No matter what travel documents you provide, the arresting officers will take you into custody, they will stick you in a detention center with criminals, and others like yourself. They will take you to a preliminary hearing, where your fate has been decided and stick you back in the detention center until you pay extortion money to the hearing officers and commissioners to either release you on bail, release or deport you. This is the system at Immigration

It's very obvious that corruption is normal procedure at immigration, DOJ and the office of the President should clean out the whole 4th floor legal department, they have no idea about due process or the laws set forth by the Supreme Court to regulate procedures. Bicutan detention center is the best way to get information about the illegal activities of immigration, it is well known from the detainees, guards and staff.

Kita ninyo ha kung gaano kagarapal ang mga tukmol na ito. Abangan ang kasunod at mas magigimbal kayo kung bakit hindi sila binabakbak ni ABNONG IDIOT at ano ang kapalit ng Daang Matuwid.

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