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By Danish Angelo M. Enerio
The Immigration Bureau on Thursday ordered Australian missionary Patricia Ann Fox to be deported and be prevented from returning to the country after found guilty of violating the laws. conditions of his visa.
In a 10-page resolution dated July 19, the IB said "Fox violated the limitation and condition of his missionary visa that allowed him to engage in missionary / religious work, not political activities in the Philippines. "
The IB added: "His presence in the country presents a risk to the public interest"
"Records show that Fox obtained a missionary visa CA 613, Section 9 (g) on July 21 2016 and valid until September 05, 2018 with a limitation that she will return her missionary work to Barangay Amihan, Quezon City, "Th resolution of the BI was read
:" However, Fox s & # Is engaged and has been ingested in political activities in the north (Tarlac) in the south (south Cotabato) of the Philippines and works outside her community. "
" Fox participation and participation in rallies protest, investigative missions and press conferences, which address political and human rights issues against the government, and sponsored groups, are obviously beyond the "nature" or the authorized duties and responsibilities for which it has been assigned as missionary worker as represented by the Congregation and approved by the IB, "read resolution
. Fox was allowed to attend these activities as part of his missionary work while "should have been disclosed to the Bureau at the time of the application of his missionary visa."
"The Failure of [Ms. Fox’s congregation] Sisters of Our Lady of Sion, to inform the Bureau that the Respondent Fox would perform activities beyond the tasks entrusted to her, denied the latter based on intelligentyl and assessed the petition.This failure to provide information constitutes either a gross misrepresentation or a negligence in violation of the art. "The IB explained that" allow the respondent Fox to participate in rallies or political activities would open the door to other unrestrained outsiders to criticize the government by joining the rallies at the expense of AC 613. "
The Lawyer from Ms. Fox, Sol Taule's reporters in a text message, asked "that we file a motion for reconsideration."
"We are dismayed because we have articulated our In our counter-affidavit and our memory on the The case of the deportation, Sister Pat he's not engaged in political activities. She is doing her missionary work here, "said Ms. Taule in a mix of Tagalog and English
She added," We will exhaust all remedies available to us. "
The BI, through the spokesman of the agency Dana Mengote-Sandoval, was sought after to comment but did not respond to writing
On April 23, the IB confiscated Ms. Fox's visa and ordered her to leave the country within 30 days to engage in political activities, with Ms. Fox submitting a plea of nullity on April 30, which dismissed on May 17.
The orders of April 23 and May 17 were quashed by the Department of Justice on June 18 following a request for review filed by Ms. Fox on May 25.
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