TACOMA, Wash. — Filipino community activists rallied outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma on Thursday, demanding immigration officials halt the deportation of a legal permanent resident they say is facing a medical crisis.

Greggy Sorio, known as Kuya G — Tagalog for "Big Brother G" — was told Tuesday he would be placed on the next flight to the Philippines, according to Filipino advocacy groups like Tanggol Migrante that have spent months fighting his deportation.

"Right now there is a Filipino who is in a medical crisis," said Noah Ajeto, a representative of Bayan Washington, a Filipino community organization. "It's a life-or-death situation."

Osorio, 37, has been detained at the Tacoma facility for 10 months after being transferred from an Alaska Department of Corrections

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