The United States government has commended the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for preventing 200 American registered sex offenders (RSOs) from entering the Philippines in 2018.
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Friday the bureau was recently awarded a certificate of commendation by the US Embassy in Manila after registering the second highest number of excluded American RSOs throughout the world last year.
Mexico, which shares a land border with the US in the southwest, recorded the highest number of intercepted RSOs.
“I commend our officers deployed at our ports of entry for a job well done. Because of your vigilance and alertness, you were able to turn away these sex offenders to protect fellow Filipinos from possible exploitation,” Morente said in a statement.
The US Embassy’s citation specifically commended the BI’s port operations division (POD) as well as the airport operations section (AOS), travel control and enforcement unit (TCEU), and border control and enforcement unit (BCIU), which are all under the POD, for successfully implementing the “Angel Watch” program in the country’s ports.
While they rejoice for their achievement, people are sentenced and punished for committing no crime. American citizens are discriminated against, embarrassed and humiliated, just for mistakes they did and paid their debt to society, not for facts that demonstrate they are going to commit any crime. If there are RSOs traveling abroad to commit sex tourism crimes, they, not all RSOs must be punished for those crimes. Why make everybody pay? The law doesn’t make any child safer if the RSO has turned his life around and is living a healthy and good life. And I can tell there are many, the majority of us who are living not in line with a mistake we make. The Majority of us are no danger to any minor, despise our mistakes. This law punishes the majority of people who are playing by the rules. It is destroying families. There are close to a million of us who are forced to register. But also, many of us can vote. Besides, we have family and friends, who in most cases support us and see this perpetual punishment as unjust. It is time for us to organize and send a message to politicians who constantly punish those who are doing well to make an exhibition of their concerns for children. We need to organize and make our voice and votes to be heard.
I know there are a lot of details not told yet , but just wanted to comment on the elephant in the room.
These 200 that have been listed as visiting the massage parlor in Jupiter . It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out are they really going to be able to charge these Billionaires with any more than a slap on the wrist, I doubt it.
I’m glad to see that these young ladies are finally going to be able to be set free, But why did it take 6 months of surveillance. If young girls were stranded in there car in a river , in a flood , would you wait 6 months to rescue them. While you investigated who was responsible for the flood. Or were the investigators getting there jollies so much watching this that they let it go on for that long. Especially sense they said they knew it was going on for years. Also how many names have they removed from the list police officers politicians. Also how many on the list were on the registry? None I’ll bet, and will the 200 be put on the list? Time will tell.
I have to wonder what benefit the US government gets by having its own citizens being banned by FOREIGN countries.
There HAS to be one or it wouldn’t do it. Does anyone know what that benefit is?
The US doesn’t seem to have much of a problem having sex offenders from other countries come here, since most other countries DO NOT have a SOR.
This is nothing new/ NAZI GERMANY would not let Jews leave the country, by stamping a BIG RED J on their passports
Somebody has to write to the department of state that their commendation means that they agree there is no recidivism in ex-sex offenders, and that is why they want the ex-sex offenders back into the us.
Seems like someone out of those 200 would be a great Case for the ACLU on the new passport stamp. Has FAC heard of any federal lawsuits coming up for the international Megan law?
There were two brought by Janice Bellucci in California, a third is being contemplated.
Indeed. Or a group of them as well. the more the merrier I would think.
Particularly the ones with family members there and with children of their own. Those who have official business there depending on income for their lively hood would be a good candidate as well.
So i ask fact is this legal?
if only you could see what they really send..1st the US doesn’t say anything UNTIL you are in the air..2nd the US fabricates an email that deliberately makes you appear to be a wanted fugitive and no matter what your actual charge makes if appear as if if was yesterday and was slave trafficking..3rd the US actively PAYS foreign countrys to turn you around at thier ports…THIS is documented FACT.THE countrys are told not to let you know the email contents or actual agreement….Filipinos B.I shown me and discussed it with me..I was not allowed to take pictures but wow..just wow! the US government is levels of corruption beyond anything we could commit.
I m certainly not an Attorney but since the statistics show that those on the registry are no less likely to reoffend than the general population. Proven in part by the fact that by far most offenses are committed by those not on the registry. Why should not the burden of proof be put on the prosecution to prove in each case that this individual is more likely by far to injure someone than the general population before they are put on a registry in the first place. Does not the law say innocent until proven guilty , or is that just “ fake news”.
I personally know that that is what plea bargains are for is to get you to feel like your getting off easy when there trying to charge you with something they can’t prove usually because you’re not guilty, and making it sound like a good deal .
It’s like trying to beat the dealer in a card game when he sees the cards before there delt .
Dear sir,Per our previous discussions,the information to follow is provided for your use,as you deem appropriate.This letter is not intended to cause a hold departure order on the subject,it is only provided for us in assessing eligibility for admission to the republic of the Philippines._____________an American citizen and convicted felon and RSO is reported to be possibly enroute to the Philippines.The Us immigration and customs enforcement (ICE),Homeland security Investigations(HSI),Manila Philippines,was notified that______a registered SO departed the US bound for the Philippines.It is believed ______may pose a a potential risk for the community abroad.This message is to inform your office of the possible presence of _____in the Philippines.If you have any questions regarding this notification,please do not hesitate to contact me (ICE contact number).
does anyone notice how many times they put the persons name in there BS letter
been saying they were doing this for years but no one would listen…well now they are so proud of violating the constitution by travel restrictions they are bragging about it , will anyone listen ?the story’s one can tell about what politicians do in 3rd world countries..
Very Sad my wife is Filipino and we wanted to travel there for Christmas 2019 . She wanted to show our children what a $hit hole her country was. Now she will travel by herself because now my country is the same $hithole and now I am a prisoner. First it was the cruise ships banning then AIRBNB…then the British Virgin Islands…..now my country has me imprisoned again…
A big question I have is…what is the US doing to prevent sex offenders form OTHER COUNTRIES from coming here??? As I understand it, most other countries DO NOT have a SOR.
And…according to activists against RSOs…only 10 % of total sex offenders have been caught and are on the registry.
I guess the US doesn’t care about the other 90% traveling to other countries. Hypocrisy lives in America.
Isn’t it interesting that when our President attempts to bar criminals and illegal aliens from entering OUR country, he is vilified as a racist, xenophobe, and every other kind of low life that liberals can think of. When he wants to control admission by people from countries that have professed enmity towards the US, again, he is called racist names.
But we let it stand that it is worthy of award that 200 registered citizens were turned away from the Philippines for their past actions, not for any overt or current violations of the law.
So, this is the U.S. complimenting the U.S.?
I guess I’d you don’t like it, leave!
Oh, wait! You can’t leave. Does that make us prisoners?
Everyone is screaming “NO walls, NO borders”, yet they wont let you see the world. Isnt the Philippines (Asia) one of the biggest child sex trafficking places in the world?
I find this funny, if it werent so pitiful. They dont want you there, yet have no problem sending you a “child mail order bride”.
The Doctors in the “therapy sessions” constantly hammer into you do not be labeled. That is your therapy. Yet once you leave “group” you have to live in a world that labels you.
Whos exploiting who
Doesn’t this country have a problem with child prostitution themselves, with families there selling their kids for sex or something similar ? So the natives can act on it but foreigners can’t seems to be their understanding ? lol. wow. I wonder if an IML challenge can come up with those 200 Americans being rejected entry into the country.
Your exactly right. My daughter inlaw is phillipine. She has told us how different the culture is morally different.
Just a bunch of lackeys for the U.S. It is pathetic indeed. I thought the U.S is not suppose to impede or interfere with travel. Seems like they have their lap dogs doing it for them without them getting their hands dirty sort to speak.
Wow…2nd place in the World Stupid Contest. I wonder how many families were left at the airport with tears in their eyes as a result of this accomplishment.
I want to ask a question here…. just supposing you traveled to offend against a child, if you were unwilling to face the consequences in a US prison, why would you risk a stay in a 5 bar hotel in a 3rd world?
I had a 37th wedding anniversary to Costa Rica and it went that way. My wife of 37 years and I spent the night on
the floor of the airport terminal. I looked at Puerto Rica and we booked our flight to Costa Rica. My bad. I have since let my USpassport expire rather than take “the mark” in yet another way. The depth and breadth of our freedom is not freedom, it is containment in a cage in which we can see the world we desire to visit but are stopped by bars sometimes too thin to be seen. We have chosen to stay “home” and enjoy the US.
Is there any way to get some accurate statistics as to what percentage of those on the registry are actually a danger to anyone else. That is the kind of statistics we need. But of coarse politicians don’t want that because they know that would pull they rug out from under there popularity scam there putting over on everyone.
Security theater at its finest.
I sure am glad that I’m living in a time where we’re making America great again.
It’s not quite fake news— after all, its conventional to refer to former convicted sex offenders, nearly all of whom must register, as simply, “sex offenders.”
But it’s an insult to the intelligence of the public to suggest that these actions will in any way protect anyone from exploitation.
Children in the Philippines and elsewhere will continue to be exploited by foreigners during this travel ban. And it will be a source of national embarassment, shame, and befuddlement— as in “I don’t get it, we already passed laws preventing this, why aren’t they working?”
How soon will RTAG contact the US embassy in Manila about this silliness?
Sooo pathetic…., no words…
Outrageous that our own Uncle Sam pressures foreign countries like this.
So the United States goal is to not allow the RSO freedom to travel.
Congratulations U.S. Government for separating families and denying civil and human rights to 200 people who have served their time and want nothing more than to do what others are allowed to do see the world. My nephew is getting married in Jamaica this summer I had to tell my sister I won’t be able to attend my wife and kids will be going without me. Image how hard it was for me to explain to my nephew I’m being punished for something that happened more than a decade ago