Defend Filipino Seafarers!

Along the East Coast of the US, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is targeting and detaining Filipino cruise ship workers. Possessing valid work visas, these hard working seafarers report being forced by the CBP to sign documents withdrawing their application for admission. Several were baselessly accused of horrible crimes they did not commit. The seafarers were handcuffed, humiliated, and deported back to the Philippines, suffering immense financial loss.

On September 7th, four Filipino seafarers aboard the Carnival Pride were deported from Baltimore.

On October 19th, two more were deported using the same intimidation tactics.

Carnival Cruise Lines and the Philippine government have ignored pleas from migrants and their communities for support and refused to take meaningful steps to protect these workers against the Trump administration's draconian deportation campaign. Tanggol Migrante Movement DMV (https://www.tanggolmigrante.org ) calls on the Filipino community and allies to come together in Baltimore to learn more about the plight of Filipino seafarers and migrants and fight back!