President Marcos bared that the ongoing issue on the immigration of Filipinos in the United States was not discussed during his official trip in Washington.

Marcos said in an interview that his three-day visit in the US was not the forum for the issue to be raised.

"It's not been raised. It was not – not in this forum. But we are, of course, well aware of the situation," Marcos said in a post-visit press briefing on Wednesday, July 23 (Manila time).

He underscored that the ongoing deportation of Filipino nationals is "not different" from the previous immigration moves America has done before in relation to immigrants facing cases.

"And thus far, I think, in our situation estimation, what the United States is doing now is not anything different than they've been doing before," he said.

Marcos also said that Filipino who were sent back home were either facing criminal cases or were undocumented.

"Ito yung mga may record o yung mga wanted, o yung mga convicted, lalong-lalo na kung sila ay illegal, TNT sila, iyon ang mga pinapauwi nila (These are the ones with records, those who are wanted, or those who are convicted—especially if they are undocumented or those hiding from authorities—they are the ones being sent home)," Marcos said.

"Sa ngayon, yung mga pinapauwi nila ganoon pa rin (As of now, those being sent home are still the same). Those that have been convicted of committing crimes that are also, in fact, illegal. So, that's the situation with the immigration so far," Marcos added.

Earlier, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez assured Filipinos in the US that they are sent back home and not to other countries.

He said while the country continues to cooperate with the United States on how to handle illegal immigration and that legal assistance for Filipinos is being offered by Filipino-American lawyers associations, "there is really not much room for discussion."