Although granted a pardon by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will blacklist US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton for never entering the country again. BI acting spokesperson Melvin Mabulac said that Pemberton's criminal case was only cleared but he still remains an "undesirable alien" due to immorality. Pemberton's blacklisting was also based on the provisions of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940. "He was pardoned for the penalty, not the crime he committed so he still enters the forbidden entry of foreigners with crime, convicted of moral turpitude so he enters the system," Mabulac explained. Despite this, the BI will still wait for the directive from Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Pemberton's status as a "attached agency" of the DOJ. Currently, the BI has not received an order regarding Pemberton's repatriation but they have sent a letter to the Bureau of Corrections (BOC) to turn over to them "physically" the American soldier to process his expulsion. of the country. But that could still change depending on Pemberton's plan if he chooses to go through the normal military process. There was also a "deportation order" on September 16, 2015 for Pemberton for being an "undesirable alien" but was not implemented when he was convicted by a court in the same year. It was learned that Pemberton is the fourth foreigner to be pardoned by President Duterte since sitting in Malacañang. But Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra clarified that the four foreigners are among the total 139 prisoners granted by the President and only a small number because 135 are all Filipinos. "This is a lot more than the total number of pardons given during the previous administration," Guevarra added.
He should be really black listed here in our country so that he can not do it again to someone what he have done is still in the minds of our countrymen and will never be forgotten as one of the most heinous crime.