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Bill: Refugees Welcome Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Est Pars Humanitatis et Socialismus
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 4381
Description[?]:
People can not chose where they are born, some people are born in to luxury and wealth, others into war, terror, desease, famine or poverty. People who escapes these conditions should be welcomed as citizens and assets to our country, and they should be free from persecution and institutionalized racism. We are only asking for the right of these human beings to live worthy and free lives, nothing else. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
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.
Article 3
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: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Article 4
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 5
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Current: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Proposed: The government ignores illegal aliens.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 09:11:36, April 20, 2018 CET | From | Factio Republicana Socialistica | To | Debating the Refugees Welcome Act |
Message | Senators, The defining feature of a Republic is that it is laws not men that rule. This also means that laws are essential for liberty, as without the rule of law we are all subject to arbitrary domination. Ignoring violations of the laws lead to the breakdown of social order and the rule of law. This extends particularly to those who by their very first act in Selucia violate its laws, id est illegal immigrants. If we fail to punish even a single person that breaks our laws, we abandon our commitment to the rule of law and forfeit our liberty. Postumus Oppidius Hortensius Caesar |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 317 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 433 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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