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Human Trafficking 14

 

Filipino human trafficking survivor tells her story of courage in a debut podcast

New York – On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the Awesome WICCAFE Podcast debuts on the digital platform with the conversation on “Surviving Human Trafficking” with human trafficking survivor and rights advocate Fritzie Maliwanag Corral.  Ms. Corral is a native of Manila and came to the US in 2013. She had an H2B visa and worked […]

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Trafficked Filipino J-1 Visa Holder Gets Immigration Relief from USCIS

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Courage will claim its reward. A young Filipino trafficked to the US under the J-1 visa program was recently given humanitarian relief (T visa) by the USCIS  after suffering from miserable working and living conditions for the past three years in Los Angeles.  Natalie Sevilla (real name withheld) […]

1 year ago 1 More
 

USCIS Continues to Delist the Philippines from H-2A and H-2B Visas

By Marivir R. Montebon New York – The Philippines continues to be delisted from the USCIS’s H-2A and H-2B Visa program for 2020, the Federal Register reported on January 17, 2020. The USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security, with the concurrence of the Department of State, reserve the right to exclude countries from its […]

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WICCAFE for FilAm Communities to Tackle Immigration Over Coffee and Pastries

Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon   New York – Although human trafficking is a huge and complex beast that devours young and old unsuspecting people alike, there are tell-tale signs if one is a victim. Here’s a checklist: If you paid a huge job placement fee to land a job in the US or […]

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Montebon’s ‘In the Belly of the Beast’ now on Amazon

New York – OSM! Executive editor Marivir Montebon’s ‘In the Belly of the Beast: Stories of Sadness, Stories of Success of Trafficked Filipinos in America’ is now on Amazon. Published in April 2018 by the University of San Carlos Press in Cebu City, this human trafficking book contains real-life narratives of victors of human trafficking […]

3 years ago 2 More
 

Homeland Security Delists Philippines from Nonimmigrant Worker Programs

Due to high volume of overstays and human trafficking cases By Marivir R. Montebon   New York – Starting this year, Filipinos may no longer be allowed to work in the US as temporary guest workers with H-2A and H-2B visas, after the Department of Homeland Security took notice of the high cases of human […]

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Book on Human Trafficking of Filipinos, In the Belly of the Beast Out in Amazon and Kindle

New York City – The US version of In the Belly of the Beast: Stories of Sadness, Stories of Success by Marivir Montebon, OSM! publisher and executive editor, is now on Kindle and paperback in Amazon. The book was published by the University of San Carlos Press in Cebu and was launched here in May […]

4 years ago 2 More
 

Domestic Violence Docu Remain No. 1 Story for Internatl Women’s Month

Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon   New York – The past two weeks saw stories of success and sorrow as women all over the world celebrate International Women’s Month. For OSM!, the most read story is on the heavier side of reality: domestic violence and human trafficking. Mail-Order-Bride Remains a Risky Undertaking for Filipino […]

4 years ago More
 

Book Review: Crusade Vs. Human Trafficking ‘In the Belly of the Beast’

By Dr. Apolinar Tiongson San Jose, California   In The Belly of the Beast Author: Marivir R. Montebon Publisher: USC Press May 24, 2017   For every dozen enslaved or trafficked immigrants that Marivir has painstakingly given a permanent voice in her book, there are probably a hundred equally tragic secrets taken to the graves. […]

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OSM! Writers Create Human Trafficking Film for IFFM

New York City – OSM! writers are filmmakers too, having gotten into a quick collaboration to give birth to a documentary film on human trafficking of Filipinos to the US. Out of the Shadows is based on real life stories of trafficked men and women in New York and is an entry to the 6th […]

5 years ago 1 More
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