
AN overstaying American who was caught on video berating and physically assaulting a delivery rider in Cebu City was arrested by agents of the . Bureau of Immigration (BI)
According to Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, operatives from the BI Intelligence Division arrested Phillip Justin Bean, 43, in a hotel room in Bgy. Day-as, Zapatera, Cebu City.
Tansingco issued a mission order for Bean’s arrest after investigation revealed that the American is already overstaying in the country for almost a year.
BI records showed that Bean’s last extension of stay was on April 7, 2022, thus he already overstayed his tourist visa by 11 months.
“He has no right to verbally and physically abuse a Filipino. His actions show that he is abusing the hospitality of our country. He should be deported for being an undesirable alien,” Tansingco said.
Tansingco said Bean will be included in the immigration blacklist and will be banned from re-entering the Philippines.
He added that Bean is an illegally-working alien.
Bean was found to be working as a manager for a bar in Cebu City sans the required work permit and visa.