Bureau of Immigration: Pemberton to be deported after release
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The Bureau of Immigration said recently pardoned U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton will be deported to the United States the moment he is released.
“The BI is duty-bound and mandated to implement a summary deportation order that the bureau's board of commissioners issued against Pemberton on Sept. 16, 2015 for being an undesirable alien,” BI Commissioner Jaime Morente explained.
Morente confirmed that he asked Bureau of Corrections Director Gen. Gerald Bantag to turn Pemberton over to the agency as soon as he is released from the BuCor extension facility in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
“At any rate, we are awaiting instructions from Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra for guidance on how we will implement the deportation order in a manner that is within the prescribed laws of the country,” Morente said.
Pemberton was convicted of homicide in 2015 for killing Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude and sentenced to up to 10 years imprisonment. President Rodrigo Duterte pardoned him on Monday.
“The BI is duty-bound and mandated to implement a summary deportation order that the bureau's board of commissioners issued against Pemberton on Sept. 16, 2015 for being an undesirable alien,” BI Commissioner Jaime Morente explained.
Morente confirmed that he asked Bureau of Corrections Director Gen. Gerald Bantag to turn Pemberton over to the agency as soon as he is released from the BuCor extension facility in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
“At any rate, we are awaiting instructions from Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra for guidance on how we will implement the deportation order in a manner that is within the prescribed laws of the country,” Morente said.
Pemberton was convicted of homicide in 2015 for killing Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude and sentenced to up to 10 years imprisonment. President Rodrigo Duterte pardoned him on Monday.
