The leaders of the OFM provinces in the United States sent a letter to President Barack Obama this week thanking him for his recent action on immigration and recommending further reform to achieve justice for all. The Dec. 1 letter, signed by the seven U.S. provincial ministers, told the president that “it is a just and good thing that as …
Julian Jagudilla, NYC Leaders Seek Relief for Filipino Workers
NEW YORK — One month after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, Julian Jagudilla, OFM, and New York City Council members called on the Obama administration to designate the Philippines a temporary protected status country. If approved, 500,000 to one million Filipinos with expiring or expired visas will temporarily remain employed through an 18-month extension of the validity of those documents, enabling Filipinos …