Filipino-Japanese girl-- born in Japan, to Filipino parents-- who became the center of media attention when her parents were deported in 2009 for illegally entering the country in 1990.
Noriko, 13 y.o. at the time, presumably spoke no Tagalog and considered herself Japanese.
(I wonder if she was aware of her parent's heritage... And I'm also curious why her mother wasn't caught until 2006.)
Do you think people who are illegal immigrants should be deported 10+ years after their arrival?
