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Bill: Nationality and Citizenship Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Populist Social Democrats
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2366
Description[?]:
| We hereby propose to alter the conditions of gaining nationality and citizenship, such that: 1) All *legal immigrants* (only *legal* immigrants) may claim nationality, automatically, but 2) That any immigrant must pass a test to gain citizenship, one which is fairly rigorous and is only offered in our native language, and must be answered as such. Those born to Likatonian parents need not pass such a test for citizenship rights. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting citizenship.
Old value:: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Current: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Proposed: Citizenship is gained by passing a qualifying exam.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Only those born in this country or to nationals receive nationality.
Current: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Proposed: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:07:04, February 26, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Nationality and Citizenship Bill |
| Message | We have many problems with this idea - not least being the idea that someone is automatically entitled to citizenship by accident of birth, while others have to actually 'do something' for it. |
| Date | 19:08:37, February 26, 2007 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Nationality and Citizenship Bill |
| Message | To be fair, it would have to be accidents at more than one birth. If both parents are Likaton, then either they have taken the test, or can trace their lineage back at least one generation. The LITP do not necessarily approve of the exact detail, but as the Bill was not left at debate long enough for us to suggest amendments, we are forced to support, for now. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 98 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 101 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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