00:01U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE agents detained Mark Mabasa, son of slain Filipino journalist Percy Lapid.
00:08His uncle Roy Mabasa confirms this.
00:10In an exchange with Rappler, Mabasa says he is still awaiting further details.
00:14The ICE website says he is detained at the ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, California, but there is no other
00:20information on the website.
00:21Mabasa says Mark arrived in the U.S. in February 2023, a few months after still-unknown gunmen killed Lapid
00:28near his home in Paranaque on October 3, 2022.
00:32Following Lapid's assassination, his family, including Mark and Roy, received death threats.
00:37It is not clear when Mark applied for asylum, but Mabasa says it was before U.S. President Donald Trump
00:42unveiled a new policy targeting asylum seekers.
