Gutierrez: ʻO ka hoʻolālā USINDOPACOM e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā visa no nā Filipino
i keia la Ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Guam (GVB) Ua hoʻolaha ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Carl TC Gutierrez e hoʻohana ke keʻena i nā pahuhopu pale nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Indo-Pacific Command ma Guam a me ka Philippines ma ke ʻano he mea e hoʻoikaika ai iā Wakinekona, DC, no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā visa no nā Filipino e ʻimi nei e kipa aku i Guam a me Commonwealth of the Northern. Nā Mokupuni ʻo Mariana.
Ua ʻae ka US Department of Homeland Security's Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program i kēia manawa i ka poʻe paʻa palapala passport o nā ʻāina he ʻumikūmālua ke komo ʻole i ka visa i ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Guam a me ka US Commonwealth o ka Northern Mariana Islands. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka visa ma ka papa inoa aia ma ka Pākīpika, ʻaʻole i hiki i ka Philippines ke kūpono.
Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gutierrez, ua lōʻihi loa ka manaʻo o ka palekana o ka US ma ke kūlana o ka poʻe Pilipino e hele ana ma ke ʻano he poʻe i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia me ka hāʻule wikiwiki ʻana o nā uku o ka noho ʻana a me nā ePassports kiʻekiʻe i hoʻopili ʻia me nā hōʻailona RFID.
ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ke kūʻokoʻa pilikanaka a me ka hoʻokele waiwai ua hoʻāla i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka noho ʻana, kūpono i ka huakaʻi me ka ʻole o ka visa inā ʻaʻole i ka ʻāina nui o ʻAmelika, a laila ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i Guam a me Northern Marianas, e hāʻule ana i loko o ka pae moku hoʻokahi.
"ʻO ka hoʻolālā o ka US Armed Forces ma waena o PACOM's dual-hemisphere Area of Responsibility e koi aku iā Guam, ka Philippines, a me nā ala ʻē aʻe o ka Pākīpika i mea e pale aku ai i ka mana komunista o Kina, ke komo ʻana a me ka huhū," wahi a Gutierrez.
"Ma ka ʻōpala a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kona ala ma waena o ka Pākīpika, ke pale nei ʻo ʻAmelika i ke ʻano o ke ola e kākoʻo ana i ke kūʻokoʻa waiwai a me ka launa pū ʻana. A ma kēia hōʻailona ke noi aku nei mākou i nā mana o ke kapikala o ko mākou lāhui e hāʻawi iā Guam a me ka makemake like o ka Philippines e hoʻokuʻu i ka koi visa ma luna o nā Filipino e makemake ana e kipa aku i Guam a me ka CNMI.
ʻO nā alahele mana o Manila
Hele mai ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Hale Hoʻoholo No. 332 e koi ana i ka ʻae ʻana o ʻAmelika no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka visa no ka poʻe Pilipino paʻa ʻo Guam e hele ana ma o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo Pilipine. ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, i kākau ʻia e Cagayan de Oro 2nd District House Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka lā 1 o Kepakemapa i ka makahiki i hala, i loko o ʻekolu mahina o ka huakaʻi ʻana o ka ʻelele GVB i Manila e komo pū ana me ʻumi mau mayor Guam.
ʻO Rodriguez, ka mea i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he Hope Luna Hoʻomalu o ka Hale a ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i komisina no ka Bureau of Immigration e ka Pelekikena Pilipine ʻo Joseph Estrada, he malihini hanohano ma kahi pāʻina i mālama ʻia e Gutierrez a me ka ʻaha kūkā o nā Luna Nui o Guam ma Manila i ke kauwela i hala. ʻO kahi hui ʻē aʻe he 17 mau mayors mai Philippines a me ke Kiaʻāina o Negros Occidental, ʻo Eugenio Jose Villarreal Lacson.
ʻO ka hoʻolālā a ka pelekikena o GVB, ʻo ia ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻupena o Guam a me Philippine me nā luna aupuni a me nā luna aupuni ʻē aʻe e hoʻokumu i kahi kahua o ke kākoʻo kaulana i hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia a mahalo ʻia e nā mea hoʻoholo mai Guam a Manila a hiki i Wakinekona.
I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Guam Sen. Will Parkinson i ka Resolution No. 14-37 (COR) e noi ana iā Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero e noi i ka Homeland Security no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā visa no nā Pilipino e hoʻolālā ana i nā huakaʻi i Guam, ma lalo o ka mana i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e ke Kānāwai Aupuni 110- 229, the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008.
Wahi a ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a Parkinson, “ʻike a kākoʻo ka poʻe o Guam i ka pono o kahi ʻO Guam-CNMI visa waiver no ka Philippines e hoʻonui i kā mākou kahua mākaʻikaʻi, kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai a hopu hou aku i ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi e ulu nei mai Philippines.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Parkinson i ka lehulehu, ʻaʻohe pilikia o nā luna koa US i hālāwai ai me ia ma ka mokupuni i kāna koi ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā visa no ka kipa ʻana i nā Pilipino.
"Ua hoʻomohala ka poʻe aelike pūʻali koa US i ka hilinaʻi ʻole i nā limahana Filipino akamai e hoʻomau i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale pale ma Guam," wahi a Gutierrez.
“A ʻike ko mākou mau kamaʻāina i ke kumu. Hōʻike nā limahana hoʻokipa Filipino o Guam i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻalahi i hiki i ka mākeke huakaʻi hele ma waho o Philippine. Noho lākou ma ko mākou mau kauhale kīwila, hana a hoʻolilo i ke kālā maikaʻi ma ʻaneʻi ma ka mokupuni, a mahalo i ko mākou mau kānāwai a me nā loina.
"A ua hōʻike nā helu GVB i ka poʻe huakaʻi leʻaleʻa mai ka Philippines ma waena o nā mea hoʻolimalima kiʻekiʻe loa i kēlā me kēia kapita ma waena o nā malihini kipa ʻAsia i kēlā me kēia manawa ʻAe ʻia ka visa US e huki mai," wahi a Gutierrez.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a Lunamakaʻāinana Rodriguez, "ʻoi aku ma mua o 70,000 mau Pilipino e noho ana ma Guam ke kono nei i ko lākou ʻohana e kipa aku iā lākou, a makemake pū kekahi mau haneli o nā limahana visa H-2B e noho nei ma Guam e kipa ʻia e ko lākou ʻohana."
Hōʻike pū ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo "ua ʻae ʻia ka poʻe paʻa palapala passport US e komo i ka Philippines me ka ʻole o ka visa [a]…ʻo ka Philippines a me ʻAmelika e noho mau nei i mau hoa palekana a me nā hoa kālepa no ke kūʻokoʻa a me ka palekana."
Wahi a Gutierrez, he mea koʻikoʻi nā mayora a me nā hope kiaʻāina o Guam i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina bilateral me ko lākou mau hoa ma Philippines a me kahi hihia paʻa no ka Pelekikena Pelekane ʻo Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., kāna kuhina, a me ka ʻaha kūkā aupuni e hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka waivers visa. maikaʻi no ka Philippines a me Guam, me ka palekana waiwai o kēlā me kēia wahi.
"Ke hāʻawi aku nei ʻo GVB i kona mahalo nui iā Rep. Rodriguez a me Sen. Parkinson no ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā mākou paipai e hoʻonui i ka papahana ʻo Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver i Philippines, wahi a Gutierrez.
"ʻAʻole hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ke kaiāulu o ka Pākīpika e hāʻawi i nā kumuwaiwai makamae e hoʻokipa ai i ka pūʻali pale ikaika loa ma ka honua me ka lima hoʻokahi i nakinaki ʻia ma hope o ko mākou kua. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i kā mākou pono ma mua o ka poʻe i kēia mau kaiāulu. Pono e hāʻawi ʻia a lawe ʻia. "
