WATCH: First Pinoy Deported In Trump's Crackdown against Illegal Immigrant in the US

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Meet Rey Galleon. Former crewman and the first undocumented Filipino in the United States to be deported back to the Philippines last March 17.

For seven years he worked as undocumented immigrants until he is arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Southern California.

He is living in the US as "TNT" together with his wife who is also undocumented and their children.

Galleons arrest is a part of President Donald Trump intensified the crackdown against illegal immigrants in the US.

In his narration in an Abs-Cbn interview, he said, he just dropped off his 9-year-old at school when he found people in his apartment asking neighbors where he and his wife were.

It is late for him to know that the people asking of their whereabouts are immigration agents and later arrest him.

(Watch: TRUMP: U.S. may deport more than 300,000 Filipinos)

Galleon said, the officers let him go inside his apartment to change clothes, and while doing this, he alerted his wife to sneak out a back door with one of their children.

He was handcuffed and wasn't allowed to talk to his lawyer.

ICE brought him to Homeland Security Office in Long Beach with an ultimatum.

He said he was given a choice, to go back home to stay in detention.
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After choosing to go home, he was then escorted to Los Angeles International Airport and by 10 p.m. he was on a Philippine-bound plane on a ticket that he paid for himself. It was only at this time that he was able to speak to his wife.

Within 24-hours of his arrest he arrived in the Philippines.

Currently, Galleon is in Zamboanga together with his wife and children who followed him home a week after.

He warned fellow TNT in the US to be ready for what is possible to happen

"Kailangang maging handa sila sa lahat ng pwedeng mangyari."

Asked if he still wants to return to the U.S., Galleon said, "Hindi siguro, saka na langsiguro."

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300,000 Illegal Filipinos in US, facing deportation

Filipinos illegally staying in the United States should really prepared to go home.

This is the advice of special envoy to the US Babe Romualdez to more than 300,000 Filipinos facing deportation in the US for staying illegally in the said country.

According to Department of Foreign Affairs, there are approximately 3.4 million Filipinos in the US. In this number, around 310,000 are undocumented.

Rumualdez said he received an information that there is a list from US Department of Homeland Security that about 310,000 Filipinos up for deportation.

Largely of this are undocumented Filipinos that they already identified.

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Earlier, US President Donald Trump ha signed an executive order that banned travel into the United States for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.

Although the Philippines is not on the list, Rumualdez said, Filipinos in the US could be affected as authorities step up its crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Because of this, he gives he advises illegal staying Pinoys in the US to consider leaving soon especially those who do not have legal papers.

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Meanwhile, President Rodrigo Duterte stands his decision that he will not lift a finger to help undocumented Filipinos in the US.

According to Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, President Duterte will abide by the decision of the US government. He said, they are all under US law, so they should abide, referring to undocumented Filipinos residing in the US. 

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Because of this, the president is being criticized by Filipino-American group saying it is a shame for Duterte for not helping Filipino immigrant who is in need.

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Filipino Migrant Center executive director Joanna Concepcion said this undocumented Filipinos were also sending money to their families back home.

On the other hand, Pilipino Workers Center associate director Lolita Lledo said it was the Duterte administration’s responsibility to protect the rights and welfare of its citizens abroad, regardless of their immigration status in the countries where they worked.

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