This brings to a total of 975 the number of Filipinos thrown out of the U.S. since 2002, ICE records say.

According to ICE records, 54 of the latest deportees came from the mainland U.S., while 11 were from Hawaii.

Only two came from the New York-New Jersey area, records show.

The deportees were subjected to “minimal restraints” through much of the flight, but the curbs were removed just before the chartered plane touched down at Clark airport, a former U.S. airbase in Angeles, Pampanga.

ICE did not release the identities of the deportees, but said that most had faced felony charges including fraud, drug-dealing and child molestation.

The rest were the so-called absconders, or those who had been ordered deported but never left the country.

The deportees were transported to the Philippines by a chartered flight provided by Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System (JPATS), which provides regular international flights for removal of deportable aliens.

The flight was accompanied by ICE security officials and a representative of the Philippine Government.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regional office at Clark was expected to provide consular assistance to the 65 deportees, who had requested the DFA to help protect their privacy by ensuring that their arrival be kept at a low public profile.

The U.S., under the Department of Homeland Security, has become aggressive in its campaign against undocumented immigrants following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.