‘Lived peacefully for decades’: Filipino immigrant with green card detained by ICE after vacation; old narcotics case flags arrest

Aug 12, 2025 - 10:30
‘Lived peacefully for decades’: Filipino immigrant with green card detained by ICE after vacation; old narcotics case flags arrest

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Sonny Lasquite, a Filipino green card holder with a past drug conviction, was detained by ICE upon returning to the US after a Bahamas vacation. Despite having lived in the US for 23 years and cooperating with authorities in his 2012 case, his detention highlights the vulnerability of long-term residents to immigration enforcement due to past offenses.

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