Unless you are on the take from China, why would you limit US immigration from the Philippines?

After all, when we promised the Philippines their independence from Spain, and then broke that promise, using a moral compass, you might say we owed them a lot for their help to rid the islands of the mutual Spanish enemy.

Instead, the Philippines became a US territory, and moving between the 7600 plus islands and the US was much easier than after Donald Trump took office. He made millions of Filipinos and Philippine Americans very unhappy with his moratorium on immigration.

It was becoming impossible to bring relatives to the United States where millions of hard working 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations of Filipinos work hard helping Americans in millions of service industry, nursing, medical and other fields where their efforts are critical to US prosperity.

The bond between the Philippines and United States must be improved before China drives a bigger wedge between us.

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