The CPP branded the US offer as "extremely hypocritical" as the Obama government continues to make life difficult for Filipino immigrants in the US, especially those coming from the working class, who not only suffer from widespread unemployment, but from the highly restrictive and punitive US immigration laws.
Tinatakan ng PKP ang alok ng US bilang "tahasang pagkukunwari" dahil patuloy na pinahihirapan ng gubyernong Obama ang mga Pilipinong nangibang-bansa sa US, laluna yaong nagmula sa uring manggagawa na hindi lamang dumaranas ng malawakang kawalang-hanapbuhay kundi ng matinding paghihigpit at pamamarusa ng batas sa imigrasyon ng US.