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Bill: Open Immigration Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social-Liberal Party
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: February 2098
Description[?]:
| The Parliament of the Beluzian Republic Recognising that immigration makes a nation stronger; Believing that a quota-system for immigration is unfair and discriminatory; Empowers the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draw up new regulations for Immigration and Integration policy, in coordination with the ministry of Justice and the ministry of Internal Affairs under the following restriction: 1. Immigration of persons of other nationalities shall be monitored, but not prohibited 2. Any person shall be able to claim citizenship in the Beluzian Republic after a period of 10 (ten) years, provided such a person shall have no criminal record in Beluzia and a source of income. 3. The State shall have the prerogative, within reason, to expel any non-citizen from the Beluzian Republic, should such a person prove to be a danger to public safety or national Security. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: There are quotas based on nationality to determine how many foreigners may reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Current: Only those born to nationals become nationals.
Proposed: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:11:22, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Open Immigration Act |
| Message | We encourage parties to state their position on this bill and suggest amendments. |
| Date | 12:25:14, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Open Immigration Act |
| Message | Discouraged that no party has chosen to respond, we put this to vote. I implore this house to respond to bills of other partes in the debating stage. |
| Date | 17:23:19, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Open Immigration Act |
| Message | So you can have a terrorist dictator on the run from his people claiming not asylum no, but full blown nationality! I think not... |
| Date | 17:45:11, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Open Immigration Act |
| Message | I would like to cite to your League provision 3 of the bill, which effectively makes this impossible: "3. The State shall have the prerogative, within reason, to expel any non-citizen from the Beluzian Republic, should such a person prove to be a danger to public safety or national Security." A "terrorist dictator", not that Terra posesses any, would be expelled as a danger to national security. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 104 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 155 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 15 |
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