[CRL] Immigration Reform (Antispam) Bill

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

shall be amended by deletion of the phrase "upon certification from the Ministry of Immigration that the prospective citizen has sufficient understanding of Talossan life and culture for full participation".

This should be changed by adding in the following text:

Subsections 7.1 through 7.12 shall remain in their current form.

This prevents any ambiguous reading wherein the entire section is replaced with the above.  I think the bill would probably be okay without it, but this is more clear and it is my recommendation.

For extra points, the sponsor could even instead make the altered section 7 into a new subsection 7.1 and then direct the Scribe to renumber all subsections within section 7 to accommodate, although then we'll need to check for any cross-references.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

I didn't have a chance to comment on the merits of the bill before it hit the CRL, so outside of that, I'll note that replacing the essay with a test is a really poor plan, and likely to discourage potential immigrants.  So I will be voting against this.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

The changes having been made, I see no further issue with the bill's form and function, and I vote to approve.