Filipino immigrant's deportation halted after union activists alert airline of medical neglect
Dec 7, 2025·Location: Washington State, WA
Country of origin: Philippines

Greggy Sorio, a 37-year-old lawful permanent resident from the Philippines, was detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington for eleven months, during which he developed severe medical conditions including ulcerative colitis, a bone infection that required toe amputation, and kidney disease due to alleged medical neglect. On December 7, 2025, as he was being deported on a Philippine Airlines flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, union members and Tanggol Migrante activists coordinated to alert the airline of his status as a medical liability. Philippine Airlines subsequently cancelled the deportation flight, stopping his removal.
Sources
- Progressive Dispatches
- This Community Stopped ICE From Using Its Airport To Deport Thousands of Immigrants
- Labor Defends Jailed Immigrants: Forklift Driver, Hospital Worker
labornotes.org·May 28, 2025·archived copy
- How Union Members Stopped a Deportation Flight – Working Class News
workingclass.news·May 21, 2026·archived copy
- How Union Members Stopped a Deportation Flight
paydayreport.com·May 21, 2026·archived copy
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