Filipino who reported medical neglect in ICE facility to be deported from US

The DFA says the Philippine Consulate requested that ‘Kuya G’ be allowed to recuperate earlier than his deportation, however was nonetheless cleared by ICE

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino nationwide who reported months of medical neglect whereas beneath detention in a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility will quickly be deported to the Philippines, the Division of Overseas Affairs (DFA) stated on Monday, December 8, citing data from the Philippine Consulate Normal in San Francisco. 

Greggy Valerio Sorio, who goes by the nickname Kuya G, has been a rallying level for demonstrations and motion by progressive migrant rights teams primarily based within the US over the “extreme medical neglect” he skilled whereas detained on the Northwest Detention Heart (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. 

In a November 19 launch, Tanggol Migranted Washington stated a number of teams — Migrante Southcenter, Malaya Tacoma, and Philippine-US Solidarity Group (PUSO) Tacoma — gathered exterior the NWDC in help of Sorio. Teams sought to halt his deportation, citing medical considerations. 

Sorio lately needed to have a toe amputated following an ulcerative colitis analysis after months in ICE detention. 

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The DFA stated that the consulate basic “has beforehand and repeatedly conveyed requests for humanitarian consideration to permit him to considerably recuperate from his medical situation (ulcerative colitis) previous to his deportation.”  

“Nevertheless, the Division notes that the ICE Well being Providers Corps has assessed his situation and deemed him medically cleared for deportation. The Division respects this resolution and acknowledges the sovereign proper of america to find out who could also be allowed to stay in its territory,” the DFA stated.

The division additionally stated that Sorio had been supplied funding for authorized illustration by its authorized help fund. ICE denied Sorio’s attraction for a keep of his deportation.

“From the time the Consulate Normal was made conscious of his medical considerations, it repeatedly coordinated with the related officers to make sure that he was examined and supplied with acceptable medical consideration,” the DFA stated.

“The Consulate was likewise knowledgeable by each Mr. Sorio and ICE officers relating to his hospitalization and was in a position to conduct welfare checks throughout his interval of confinement within the hospital. The Consulate additionally monitored his subsequent checkups and the supply of his medicines,” added the DFA, which promised it will present Sorio “the mandatory help upon his arrival within the Philippines.”

ICE arrested Sorio, a US resident of over 20 years, in March 2025. A tweet from each ICE Seattle and ICE again when he was arrested stated Sorio had been “convicted by the state for assault, theft, housebreaking, reckless endangerment, and violation of a home violence protecting order.” 

Sorio’s ordeal beneath ICE detention features a colitis analysis and a bone an infection that ultimately led to the amputation of his toe.  

Migrant teams decried the remedy of Sorio. In October, the Tanggol Migrante Motion famous that Sorio misplaced 20 kilos since he was detained and “skilled months of fixed inside gastrointestinal bleeding, worsening ache, and fatigue.”

Regardless of 4 visits by medical suppliers whereas in detention, the bleeding has continued. Actually, ICE-employed medical suppliers contributed to the worsening of his well being — one supplier prescribed him laxatives that exacerbated the bleeding. For the previous 5 months, his signs have change into much more excessive. His case is the newest within the rising sample of medical neglect on the for-profit ICE facility,” stated the group stated.

Sorio was additionally denied visitation makes an attempt by teams and people advocating for him. 

Migrant rights teams within the US have additionally criticized the Philippine Consulate for “neglect and abandonment.”

The administration of US President Donald Trump hardened the nation’s immigration insurance policies, together with chasing down individuals accused to have entered or stayed within the US illegally. The broad crackdown has additionally affected people like Sorio who was already a US resident.

The Trump administration has been criticized for its inhumane ways, together with racial profiling and alleged repeated situations of abuse and neglect inside ICE services, in addition to the unjust deportation of people. – Rappler.com