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JIMMY T. GO A.K.A. JAIME T. GAISANO, PETITIONER, VS. BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION AND ITS COMMISSIONERS AND LUIS T. RAMOS, RESPONDENTS. [DISSENTING OPINION VELASCO, JR., J.]

JIMMY T. GO A.K.A. JAIME T. GAISANO, PETITIONER, VS. BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION AND ITS COMMISSIONERS AND LUIS T. RAMOS, RESPONDENTS. [DISSENTING OPINION VELASCO, JR., J.]

G.R. No. 191810 | 2015-06-22

DISSENTING OPINION  
 
VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
The majority has resolved to dismiss the instant petition for review and thus effectively opens the way for the deportation of petitioner without giving utmost consideration to documents and circumstances evidencing his Filipino citizenship or at least affording him the right to prove his Filipino citizenship. This dissent particularly addresses the consequent situation that peremptorily denies one, who was born and has lived all his life in the country and is about to be deported, a review of his case prior to a possible mistaken deportation to another country.

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