By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

THE Division of Immigration on Tuesday arrested three foreigners — two men and a woman — for overstaying in the CNMI without lawful documents.
Antonio Bautista, Marcelina Nanglihan and Hiroshi Usami were brought to Superior Court for a bail hearing yesterday morning.
Associate Judge David A. Wiseman imposed a bail cash of $1,000 on Nanglihan and Bautista, but allowed them to post $100 cash and $900 in an unsecured or appearance bond.
A bail hearing for Usami was continued in the afternoon.
The affidavit of immigration investigator Richard Lizama states that Nanglihan and Bautista are from the Philippines while Usami is from Japan.
Nanglihan entered the CNMI on Oct. 21, 1998 on a short-term tourist visa and has overstayed in the commonwealth for more than eight years.
Lizama said he received an anonymous call that an illegal alien was residing at a barracks in Chalan Kanoa.
Nanglihan was arrested there.
Bautista entered the CNMI as a non-resident worker. He worked as a plumber in 1999, but his permit expired on Feb. 14, 2006.
Bautista failed to submit a renewal or expiration transfer application after his permit expired and has overstayed in the CNMI for more than eight months.
Immigration investigator Nicolas Reyes stated that Usami entered on a short-term tourist visa on Nov. 7, 2006 and was authorized to stay until December 7, 2006.
Usami did not submit an application to extend his tourist visa, Immigration stated.
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