Philippines Bans Two US Senators, Considering New Visa Rules

The Epoch Times ^ | December 27, 2019 Updated: December 27, 2019 | Jack Phillips

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Philippines has banned two U.S. Senators from visiting the country and may impose more restrictions on American citizens over the detention of a leading critic of President Rodrigo Duterte.

“We will not sit idly if they continue to interfere with our processes as a sovereign state,” Philippine presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said, according to a transcript of a press conference provided by the government.

Panelo said Duterte ordered the Bureau of Immigration to deny Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), from entering the country.

The government is protesting a provision included in a spending package passed by Congress last week, which denies entry to officials involved in the detainment of Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, according to Reuters.

De Lima, who has been a critic of Duterte’s anti-drug campaign, was detained in 2017. She has called for an international investigation into Duterte’s war on drugs, where thousands of people have been killed.

[HIDEK6]

Can we ban them too?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Durbin and Leahy. Can’t argue with that.

[DIRTYSECRET]

The people love us. They’ll be hurtin’. We should be issuing them temporary work visas. Plenty of work and they won’t say we stole America from them.

[BenLurkin]

Turban Durban and Leaky Leahy

[Westbrook]

Imagine that.

Democrats offering a quid-pro-quo, or should I say, a bribe.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Leave it to a pair of dump-a-crap minority party senators to do WHATever they can to gum up President Trump’s progress

WHEREver and WHENever they can

Even on the international stage

[YOMO]

Don’t ban them, let them in and keep them.

[ImpBill]

All El Presidente had to do was follow these two Senators on there travel to other countries like Ukraine for example. Smart move, imho.

[ImpBill]

“their” even.

[BobL]

Ban their kids too, and grand kids.

[wjcsux]

Maybe Venezuela will take them.

[Flavious_Maximus]

The Philippines should have allowed the two commie pricks into the country then immediately handed over to the islamist, to be tortured. Spit.

[elcid1970]

He can ban Omar & Tlaib, too. The Philippines is a Catholic country with a Muslim problem that goes back centuries.

We fought the Moros in 1901-02. Nothing but trouble except they’re scared of being buried in pork hide.

[Jim Robinson]

Too bad. We could’ve changed the locks while they were gone.

[ASA Vet]

09:04 am today

[Lazamataz]

Panelo said Duterte ordered the Bureau of Immigration to deny Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), from entering the country.

Makes me wonder if the Phillipines might be the place for me to go.

[a fool in paradise]

A provision in a foreign aid spending package?

Quid pro quo!!!

[Rummyfan]

Banning Durbin and Leahy? I wish we could do it here.

[chopperk]

Smart move for the Filipinos to ban these two clowns. Limpdick Durbin made his claim to fame with legislation to ban lemonade stands, and Leaky Leahy gave away military secrets.