MANILA, Philippines - Two American nationals wanted by the US federal authorities have been arrested in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced Saturday.

Floro Balato Jr., BI-Interpol Unit chief, identified the arrested Americans as Jeffry Tye Brown, 49, and Paul Daniel Hogg, 67.

Balato said Brown and Hogg were arrested in Dumaguete City last December 16 and in Cagayan de Oro City on December 17, respectively, by BI-Interpol units.

The 2 were arrested on the strength of mission orders issued by BI chief Marcelino Libanan at the request of the US embassy in Manila, the bureau said in a statement.

It said the Americans will be deported for being undocumented and undersirable aliens. It added that the US passports of the 2 Americans have been revoked by the US State Department.

The BI said Brown is wanted in the US for several felony violations while Hogg has a standing warrant of arrest based on a case filed against him before a US district court in southeastern Missouri.

The 2 fugitives were detained at the BI detention center in Bicutan, Taguig, pending issuance of a summary deportation order against them by the bureau's board of commissioners.

Balato said the 2 Americans will be blacklisted and banned from re-entering the country after their deportation back to the US.