2nd Immigration Reform Bill of 2007 [Withdrawn]

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2nd Immigration Reform Bill of 2007

1. The Illegal Immigrant Act (F.L. 18-8) is hereby repealed.

2. Illegal aliens who have been convicted of a state or federal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment less than 12 months in duration within the last 3 years of their application shall be denied citizenship in all instances, even if their application is presently pending under the auspices of F.L. 18-8.  This shall not apply to persons imprisoned for actions which have since become decriminalized.

3. Illegal aliens who have been convicted of a state or federal offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment less than 12 months in duration not within the last 3 years of their application whose application is presently pending under the auspices of F.L. 18-8 shall be allowed to become citizens, if meeting the separate requirements of all other relevant legislation.

4. Illegal or legal aliens who have become citizens because of changes in the law effectuated by F.L. 18-8 shall not have their citizenship revoked.


(Sponsor: Sam Spade)

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We are now voting on a motion to table. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

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Abstain on the motion to table.

Tally on Motion to Table
Aye: 1 (Ebowed)
Nay: 2 (Moderate; Brandon)
Abstain: 1 (Verily)
Yet to Vote: 6 (Afleitch; Earl; Friz; Sam; Sensei; SoS)

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Updated Tally on Motion to Table
Aye: 3 (Ebowed; Earl; SoS)
Nay: 2 (Moderate; Brandon)
Abstain: 2 (Verily; Afleitch)
Yet to Vote: 3 (Friz; Sam; Sensei)

Abstain on the motion to table.

Tally on Motion to Table
Aye: 1 (Ebowed)
Nay: 2 (Moderate; Brandon)
Abstain: 1 (Verily)
Yet to Vote: 6 (Afleitch; Earl; Friz; Sam; Sensei; SoS)

Thank you for the gentle reminder that this thread is about immigration reform, and not former Sen. DWTL. 

A remarkable number of threads seem to have become about DWTL of late, and not in a positive manner. I will offer my opinion that the former Senator might be better served by attempting to make positive contributions to debate in the Senate.

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I would remind the former Sen. that his first comment on this thread was about how a former Senate might have once come close to passing this bill, and that it was directed aggressively and in no way polite, and was followed up by various attacks on the state of the current Senate without commenting on the merits or lack thereof inherent in the legislation at hand.

It is equally disrespectful that a current Senator and the SoEA have allowed themselves to be drawn into what amounts to a shouting match about each other's faults on the Senate floor. I hope that the populace does not take this as representative of what is expected among Senators, Cabinet members and Senate candidates in Atlasia.

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The bill is withdrawn, though FTR the motion to table would have passed.