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Bill: Immigration and Citizenship
Details
Submitted by[?]: Modern Economic Party of Cobura
Status[?]: passed
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 2117
Description[?]:
| We at MEP believe now that we are no lnoger under intense miltaristic control, that immigrants should be allwoed to not only live permently in our society, as lnog as they are proven not to be a threat to security(hince by qualification quota). Immigrant should also be allowed to become citizens as longas they can pass a basic test both written in the language of Cobura and be able to do an oral test using the Coburan language. Citizens should not be forced to have to carry identification and show it at all times. We do however believe some form of identification is needed to keep the nation safe. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Proposed: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: No foreigners are permitted to reside permanently in this nation.
Current: There are quotas based on nationality to determine how many foreigners may reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Article 3
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 receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:30:39, September 26, 2005 CET | From |  Modern Economic Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Immigration and Citizenship |
| Message | We at MEP believe now that we are no lnoger under intense miltaristic control, that immigrants should be allwoed to not only live permently in our society, as lnog as they are proven not to be a threat to security(hince by qualification quota). Immigrant should also be allowed to become citizens as longas they can pass a basic test both written in the language of Cobura and be able to do an oral test using the Coburan language. Citizens should not be forced to have to carry identification and show it at all times. We do however believe some form of identification is needed to keep the nation safe. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 135 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 100 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 15 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Jean Chretien (describing the level of proof about weapons of mass destruction that Canada required to join the Iraq War) |