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Bill: Immigrant Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hulstrian Labor 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: June 2665
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Proposed: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:13:10, November 12, 2008 CET | From | Hulstrian Labor Party | To | Debating the Immigrant Protection Act |
| Message | Why the HLP thinks this is a good idea. 1. Refugees given money from the government have to spend it in local communities to set themselves up. Meaning that local communities are given direct cash injections prompting growth. 2. Refugees and immigrants fill vacant jobs. Providing the government with taxes and giving the industry extra labor to produce more. 3. Anyone who has a criminal record or would bring disrepute to Hulstria are stopped at the border according to the foreign policy of \"The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order\". To claim to be a refugee requires you to get past the first border control at the gates of terminal. |
| Date | 01:41:54, November 13, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Immigrant Protection Act |
| Message | The LPH supports Article 1, but not Article 2. 1. Or they send their money back home 2. True, but these people wouldn\'t be taxed under HLP tax policy if I a remember correctly (due to the high probability of low income) 3, If we have a huge wave of immigrants it is very very unlikely all will be screened especially if they come from a war torn nation, criminals would still get through and create slums. |
| Date | 12:49:47, November 13, 2008 CET | From | Hulstrian Labor Party | To | Debating the Immigrant Protection Act |
| Message | 1. If they send the money home, how do they rent out an apartment/house and buy essentials? 2. Less than 15000 HCR a year would be very difficult to live off, they are more likely to be in the 30000 HCR range for low income (OOC - I don\'t know how much you get for 1 HCR, so I\'m assuming australian dollars, I\'m not sure how much it would be in American). 15000 is more a part time wage. 3. How do criminals = slums? It would equal an increase to crime but considering how Hulstria supports extradition and the difficulty of gaining a citizenship, anyone who commits crime can be deported. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 175 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 333 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 142 |
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