Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government is ready to provide assistance to Filipino illegal immigrants or the so-called “tago nang tago” (TNT) in the United States (US).
Bello said the labor agency have already established a mechanism for the business and employment opportunities involving undocumented Filipinos in the US, who face deportation in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s planned crackdown on illegal immigrants. The Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) said there are currently 3.5 million Filipinos in the US. Most are permanent migrants; around 130,000 are OFWs; while the remaining 271,000 are either not properly documented, without valid residences, or who may be overstaying.
