THE Bureau of Immigration yesterday announced the arrest of an American national seen in a recent viral video berating and physically assaulting a delivery rider in Cebu City.
Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said operatives from the BI intelligence division apprehended 43-year-old Phillip Justin Bean inside his hotel room in Brgy. Zapatera, Cebu City on March 1.
Tansingco said Bean was arrested after immigration records showed that he has been overstaying in the country for almost a year now.
The bureau said Bean’s tourist visa was extended only until last April 7, 2022, thus he is now overstaying his stay 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.
He added that Bean will be included in the immigration blacklist to perpetually ban him from re-entering the Philippines.
The official said it also appeared that Bean has been illegally working in the country as a duty manager for a bar in Cebu City without the required work permit and visa.
