Japanese-style citizenship and immigration rules are being pushed by Nationalists in the
House.
Nationalist Party Representative Fernando Augusto last night announced that the Nationalist Party will release a new set of rules adopting Japanese-style citizenship rules. This includes abolition of
jus soli (right by land), a system in which if a person is born within the territory of the federation, he automatically becomes citizens. Other set of rules will also be adopted, making citizenship rules much more harder to get.
The Bill, which entitled "Protecting Eminrallian Identity Act" or "Nationality Act of 2013", will greatly affect immigration policy of Eminral should this be passed. It will be the first time that the
jus soli will be abolished. The bill has received large support from Conservatives and some Labour representatives. The Nationalist Party, however, made it clear that they will set a
red line, a date that will determine whether a person shall be affected by the law or not.
"For years, Eminrallian citizenship have been used by some fraudulent residents to take advantage of our social services systems, particularly our healthcare, social security and other services. Even though they have citizenship, they do not live here, work here and pay taxes here. However, if they got sick they will receive health treatment here, since they are citizens, which is unfair to the workers who are working here in Eminral and paying taxes to pay for those benefits. I think we need to change that." Representative Augusto announced on an interview.
Surprisingly, the bill have received 76% support from the public. They share the same sentiments as Representative Augusto and other Nationalists have. Immigration have been temporarily suspended weeks ago after the Immigration Ministry said that they will fix some of the loopholes in the system.
"I'm not inventing this up, I know some people would come here and take advantage of our citizenship. Not just that, they also take another citizenship to take advantage of their services there.I think this needs to stop. If they want to receive the same services as the rest of us are, work here, pay taxes here, live here, be an Eminrallian like the rest of us." a citizens supporting the act said. While the majority of citizens like him supports this act, some don't.
"This is wrong, this is racism, I believe that anyone who is willing to be Eminrallian citizen should be given a chance to be one. Yes, we should fix the system, but this is not the answer." said a citizen opposing this move. While the bill is not yet introduced in the House, it sure does receive a lot of attention all around the federation.