A symbolic courtesy "Our Immigration Law was too strict, and allowed no room for discretion. Officials in the executive branch also understood that the problem could only be resolved by amending the law," says legislator Apollo Chen's assistant Chen Yi-hsin. Through the joint efforts of Apollo Chen and fellow legislator Tsai Huang-lang in promoting the amendments, they were finally passed on 23 May.
禮遇象徵「我國移民法訂得太嚴，而且沒有裁量空間，行政部門官員也了解只有透過修法一途解決問題，」立法委員陳學聖助理陳以信指出，經過陳學聖、蔡煌瑯等委員合力倡議修法後，終於在五月二十三日通過修正案。