November 8th | 1:30 - 4:00pm2640 St. Paul St
Baltimore, MD 21218
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 to sign papers stating they “wish to self-deport” by CBP. Several have been baselessly accused of possessing child pornography. The seafarers are 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 from our city using the same intimidation tactics.
Carnival Cruise Lines affirms it will continue to cooperate with CBP. The Philippine government has neglected pleas from migrants and their communities for support and continued to cooperate with the Trump administration’s draconian deportation campaign.
Tanggol Migrante Movement DMV 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!