From Ang Bayan: Filipino Migrants In The USA Confront Marcos Jr With Protests

 

Ang Bayan Ngayon | March 11, 2026

Filipino migrants ambushed Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his cronies with a protest upon their arrival on March 8 in New York City, US, where he was set to deliver a speech before the United Nations Commission 70th session on the Status of Women. Marcos is pushing for the Philippines to secure a “non-permanent seat” in the UN Security Council in 2027.

Over 200 members from Anakbayan, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), Migrante, Gabriela, International Women’s Alliance-USA, Malaya Movement, Tanggol Migrante Movement, and ICHRP USA joined the action. They first held a program at the Philippine Consulate General, where they raised issues confronting the Filipino-American community in the US and denounced the criminal neglect of the Philippine and US governments toward victims of illegal detention and deportation. They also discussed rampant corruption in government and the crimes of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. They then marched to The Pierre Hotel, where Marcos and his cronies were staying, for the second part of the protest. Simultaneous rallies were also held at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle, Washington; Tollefson Plaza in Tacoma, Washington; and Lake Merritt in Portland.

According to the Malaya Movement USA, the Marcos administration is spending thousands of dollars in public funds for luxury hotel accommodations (each room costing $17,000 or ₱986,000 per day[*]), amid over 2.4 million Filipinos working in the Middle East facing danger from relentless US bombings. These Filipino workers receive no support from the Philippine government. Meanwhile, the country faces a crisis of oil and energy supply shortages and inflation driven by war, further pushing down workers’ real wages.

The following morning, March 9, the groups confronted Marcos Jr and his cabinet members—Department of Foreign Affairs secretary Theresa Lazaro, and Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez—outside The Pierre Hotel. The groups successfully delayed Marcos’s attendance at the United Nations. On the same day, they staged a “theater action” at Times Square, New York City, and a rally at 701 SW 6th Avenue in Portland.

“Marcos has no right to speak on women’s issues because his own rotten regime is the one that traffics and sells women workers, forcing them to leave their families to work abroad under precarious conditions,” Bayan USA explained.

On March 10, the groups again protested outside the United Nations; at the Consulate Town Hall in Seattle, Washington; the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco; and the Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles.

Source : https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/filipino-migrants-in-the-us-confr