Opposition lawmakers pressed for giving courts a say on whether foreign nationals overstaying their visas should be detained rather than leave such matters solely in the hands of immigration authorities.
A bill to revise the immigration law aimed at improving the procedures to detain and deport foreign nationals overstaying their visa was passed in a Lower House plenary session by majority vote on May 9.
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