BAY AREA FILIPINO COMMUNITY members and activists rallied this week outside the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco to protest what they believe is a failure from local consular officials to respond to issues affecting the Filipino community in the Bay Area.
Activists at the rally Monday called on the consulate to address U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detentions, wage theft and labor exploitation of Filipino caregivers, and the unresolved case of San Francisco native Brandon Lee, who survived a 2019 assassination attempt some allege was carried out by the Philippine military.
Officials with the consulate did not respond to requests for comment…