‘Lived peacefully for decades’: Filipino immigrant with green card detained by ICE after vacation; old narcotics case flags arrest

Sonny Lasquite, a Filipino green card holder with a past drug conviction, was detained by ICE upon returning to the US after a Bahamas vacation. Despite having lived in the US for 23 years and cooperating with authorities in his 2012 case, his detention highlights the vulnerability of long-term residents to immigration enforcement due to past offenses.