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Bill: Lex Clodia de Immigratione
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Republicana Socialistica
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: October 4397
Description[?]:
| Clodian Law on Immigration Senators, Our party has been unjustly accused of xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment, a charge which we vehemently deny. Just because we do not subscribe to the liberal understanding of cosmopolitan justice, which sees borders and citizenship as a matter of mere administrative convenience, does not mean that we agree with its opposite, the nationalist idea that citizenship ought to be defined by shared values, culture, or ethnicity, and that membership in the community should be open only to those that share the values of the existing community. Instead, we recognize that citizenship is based on interdependence, that human beings depend on one another for survival and flourishing, that within a community there may be a wide variety of competing interests and values, and that freedom is the result of a political process rather than a natural property of individuals, requiring not only the rule of law but the active engagement of citizens in determining their rights and the common good. We therefore believe that citizenship is based on duties more than it is on liberties, as this is the only way freedom can be guaranteed in our uncertain and unpredictable world. Our immigration policy is thus based on this understanding of citizenship as interdependence. We do not believe citizenship is just a club one may join and leave at will, as liberals would argue. Nor do we base citizenship on common culture or ethnicity, as nationalists would do. Instead we believe that immigration rights should be granted to those who are already in a position of interdependence with our own citizens. Whether through family ties, business or trade relations, colonial history, or even missionary activity, those that find themselves interdependent with the citizenry of the Republic ought to be provided access to citizenship and permanent residence in our country. We also argue that we have no inherent duty to those fleeing political persecution, war, or famine in their countries of origin, if said countries are not interdependent with our Republic. We thus find it appalling that the rule of law and the rights of citizenship and permanent residence have been subverted by regional governors in their pursuit of the liberal cosmopolitan ideology, turning membership in the Selucian Republican community into a mere administrative affair and rendering our laws toothless and ultimately ineffective. Instead we believe that municipal governments, that is the governments of cities, towns, and villages, are most qualified to determine who is in a position of interdependence with their local community, and which foreigners we have duties towards and which do not qualify for membership in their community. In order to prevent such violations of the rule of law and guarantee that permanent residence is granted on the basis of interdependence and not on abstract universal or particularistic grounds, we call for an amendment to the Bucheran Law on Foreigners (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=566866) by granting municipal governments the right to oversee and regulate permanent residence requirements. With the passing of this bill, the following articles of the Bucheran Law are amended as follows: I. Municipal governments shall have the power and responsibility of determining the requirements that must be fulfilled by individual applicants in order to qualify for "Peregrinus" status. V. Other foreigners legally residing in Selucia, including tourists, foreign students, and temporary foreign workers, are qualified as "Alieni". They will be granted individual temporary tourist or work visas by the municipal governments, and may not reside in Selucia after the expiry of their visa. VI. Foreigners who enter Selucia without a valid visa or who reside in Selucia after the expiry of their visa shall be considered illegal aliens. The policy towards illegal aliens shall be determined by the municipal governments. VII. Foreign victims of extreme circumstances may apply for asylum in Selucia. Municipal governments will have the right to determine the length of residence granted to asylum recipients, the rights and duties of asylum recipients, and whether they will be granted financial or integration support. During their residence asylum recipients may apply to work or study in Selucia, and may be granted Peregrinus status should they meet the requirements established under Article I. The remaining provisions of the Bucheran Law shall remain in place. Particularly, given that all Selucian citizens are required to undergo military or civilian service, permanent residents that wish to acquire citizenship must prove their commitment to the well-being of the Republic by similarly undergoing either military service in the Auxilia or alternative civilian service. It is only far that we impose a similar burden on both our own citizens and those that wish to join our community and receive the privilege of citizenship. Rebecca Clodia Pastor Senatrix |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Current: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Proposed: Dealing with illegal aliens is left to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards foreign workers.
Old value:: Foreign nationals may seek employment but with inferior legal employment protections and benefits to native citizens.
Current: Foreign nationals may only be employed in circumstances where the government has determined there is a labour shortage.
Proposed: Local governments determine the law with regards to the employment of foreign nationals.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 496 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 185 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 69 |
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