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2 more alleged overstayers arrested
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Posted on Jan 15 2009
Immigration agents have arrested two more alleged illegal aliens, including one who has reportedly been overstaying in the CNMI for over eight years now.
Carlito I. Parahan, 49, and Liqiang Gu, 30, were brought to the Superior Court yesterday morning for a bail hearing.
Associate Judge Perry B. Inos imposed a $1,000 cash bail each for the temporary release of the respondents.
Inos ordered Parahan and Gu to appear in court on Jan. 22 at 2pm to explain why they should not be deported from the CNMI.
Immigration Inspector Jay San Nicolas first obtained from the court an arrest warrant against Parahan in November 2007 after finding that he has been overstaying for seven years and five months then. The deportation case was taken off the calendar as Parahan could not be found at that time.
According to San Nicolas, Parahan, a Filipino, was issued a nonresident worker’s entry permit that expired on June 10, 2000.
Immigration records indicate that Parahan used to work as a mason for Isauro S. Eugenio and Fortune International Inc. He was arrested early this week.
With respect to Gu, Immigration Investigator John Peter stated in his report that last Tuesday at 11am Immigration Maj. Vince Lizama arrested the respondent after he failed to provide any valid labor or immigration documents and identification.
At the time, Gu, a Chinese, was seen unloading containers for Ming Li Corp. at the Seaport Customs.
Peter said Gu was issued a foreign student entry permit that expired on April 5, 2005. The respondent did not renew his student status. Gu re-entered the CNMI as a nonresident worker on July 8, 2006.
The investigator said Gu was among three persons who were allowed to remain in the CNMI due to a criminal case. Peter said Gu was informed on April 7, 2008, that he had to leave the CNMI because the criminal case is already done.
Peter said Gu has overstayed in the CNMI for over nine months now.
Immigration earlier arrested four alleged illegal aliens, all Chinese nationals.
