Two alleged illegal aliens, one American and an Indian, have been separately apprehended by Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives in separate operations in Cebu and Manila for violating the Philippine immigration laws, authorities revealed on Tuesday, May 2.

(Courtesy of Bureau of Immigration)

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Barry Lee Jordan, a 48-year-old American, was arrested in Carcar City, Cebu on April 28 for his alleged overstaying in the country for more than seven years.

He did not have any travel documents and was charged with undesirability for threatening a bartender with a knife while livestreaming on the internet, Tansingco said.

Meanwhile, Harwinder Singh, 33, was arrested on April 25 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 by the BI's Border Control and Intelligence Group.

Tansingco said that Singh was caught with a counterfeit Philippine entry visa on his passport and was prevented from boarding a flight to New Delhi after the BI's forensic laboratory confirmed that his visa was fake.

The aliens are currently detained at the BI detention center in Taguig City pending deportation.