United Together for Immigration

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

Immigration, currently one of the issues in the national spotlight, is always a bit of a sticking point in micronational politics. Micronationalism is quite literally centered on the idea of "doing things your own way", so how do you get people to immigrate?

One, you need to make Talossa appealing. The URL is already working on doing that, and we'd like to continue doing it with a solid majority next term. Ours is the party of dignity and debate in Talossan politics, not harassment.

Two, you need to make it easy. This Government has slimmed down our immigration application already, one of the key recommendations of the Royal Commission. We've passed legislation that allowed the Immigration Minister to do away with essay requirements. We've seen a rather impressive uptick these past few weeks as a result, too! As an added bonus, we've also seen a drop in people using AI/ChatGPT, an unfortunate side effect of the essay spot in recent months. We have begun reappointing TalossAssistants, another Royal Commission recommendation. And if any citizen directly recruits another, under an Autófil government, we'll see the nation's first Prime Minister's Patriotic Award in some time, fulfilling another Commission recommendation.

But sometimes you come to number three, and that involves bigger changes; changes at the process level. As an example, I've drafted legislation already to open up the immigration process more to public scrutiny. Instead of one person, immigration would be handled by a panel of three, one of whom would be nominated by the Opposition. This both allows for increased accountability, transparency, and political neutrality in judging immigration applications, and also helps avoid false accusations from stinking up the national discourse.

The URL Plan for Immigration: Attractive. Simple. Accountable

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

Hey, question from the back here: any reaction to the opposition parties threatening to prosecute the incumbent Immigration Minister for... something?

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

debate

This is a great idea!  Would you guys be open to a friendly debate about the issues?  It's been a while since we've done that.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

I heartily agree with this suggestion, and it's good to see the Baron's changed his mind on debates

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Hey, when you're right, you're right, Most Honourable Seneschal  :)    For a while, I didn't think it was a good idea, but I think that @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be is honest and that a debate would be helpful.  That's also why I did the video debate with Sir Ian P, back before the 2023 election. We had so much fun doing that we started a regular thing!

@Sir Ian Plätschisch , if you're up for it, we should also do some more of those. That was fun.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

I rather suspect that I no longer have enough takes on Talossan politics to justify cohosting a podcast about it. However, if there is going to be a debate, perhaps I could be of assistance in moderating it.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

You wouldn't need to have hot takes, buddy, we could just spitball about different topics from Talossan history or whatever like we have before!  Just think about it.  (Obviously, we'd need to start our own YouTube channel at this point.)

And yes, I think you'd be a great help.  I was hoping maybe His Majesty @King Txec could moderate, but you'd also do a great job.

[King Txec]

You wouldn't need to have hot takes, buddy, we could just spitball about different topics from Talossan history or whatever like we have before!  Just think about it.  (Obviously, we'd need to start our own YouTube channel at this point.)

And yes, I think you'd be a great help.  I was hoping maybe His Majesty @King Txec could moderate, but you'd also do a great job.

I'd be happy to moderate.

-Txec R