BI Intensifies Crackdown on Foreign Offenders and Fugitives
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has intensified its crackdown on foreign nationals posing a threat to public safety, deporting two American men convicted of child sex offenses and arresting a South Korean fugitive wanted for fraud.
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