LGC 10.24 — Humans Have Legs Act — FAILED

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Proposed amendment

The Humans Have Legs Act

Section I - Title
The bill may be cited as The Humans Have Legs Act

Section II - Establishment of the Freedom of Movement
Lincoln will from now on consider freedom of movement as an essential human right, which essentially means that humans are able to freely move wherever they want to go, with the following exceptions
1. If personal property of one is trespassed, including both personal and government properties.

Section III - Implications
1. Lincoln no longer has the right to extradite people from their territory, incl. non-citizens. With an exception for people charged in any region with treason, felony or another crime.
2. Lincoln will commit to making transport or movement of people accessible for all people.
3. Non-citizens from Lincoln (outside Atlasia) no longer need paper work or visa to enter Lincoln territory.
4. Establishing a lockdown in Lincoln - even for safety or health reasons - that violates the human right of freedom of movement will be illegal and considered a crime
5. Lincoln will commit to other regions within Atlasia and other countries following the same guidelines and possibly encouraging constitutional change.

Section IV - Effective Date
This legislation shall take effect on 1 January 2023.

I'm more talking of stopping the debate on illegal immigration instead of "protecting criminals".

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Generally speaking this can open the same loophole that open borders has. I'm not opposed to the bill in theory, but I'd suggest you add an amendment that prevents businesses from creating a de-facto slave class by paying illegal immigrants pauper wages.

I agree with you on that, do you have an idea for an amendment that would prevent this loophole?

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Proposed amendment

The Humans Have Legs Act

Section I - Title
The bill may be cited as The Humans Have Legs Act

Section II - Establishment of the Freedom of Movement
Lincoln will from now on consider freedom of movement as an essential human right, which essentially means that humans are able to freely move wherever they want to go, with the following exceptions
1. If personal property of one is trespassed, including both personal and government properties.

Section III - Implications
1. Lincoln no longer has the right to extradite people from their territory, incl. non-citizens. With an exception for people charged in any region with treason, felony or another crime.
2. Lincoln will commit to making transport or movement of people accessible for all people.
3. Non-citizens from Lincoln (outside Atlasia) no longer need paper work or a travel visa to enter Lincoln territory.
4. Establishing a lockdown in Lincoln - even for safety or health reasons - that violates the human right of freedom of movement will be illegal and considered a crime
5. Lincoln will commit to other regions within Atlasia and other countries following the same guidelines and possibly encouraging constitutional change.

Section IV - Right To Work Amendment
1. While this act does establish the freedom of movement, it does not change the current legislation on right to work laws, re-iterating that
a. Non-citizens of Lincoln need to respect current legislation that applies with regards to employment to them.

Section V - Effective Date
This legislation shall take effect on 1 January 2023.

I'm not sure if the amendment is necessary, because it might not violate that loophole, since "freedom of movement" does not necessarily mean an individual has the right to do labour (which is an entirely different thing). And while there is no difference between citizens and non-citizens in interpreting "freedom of movement", it does not remove that distinction with regards to following other laws, incl. justice or employment.

In the amendment i made some fixes, incl. removing paper work and referring to "travel visa", while for labour, i assume one needs a work visa or proof that they're allowed to work within Lincoln (or Atlasia).

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Aye

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Tiebreaker: Nay

Come on guys, this basically makes covid style lockdowns illegal. While I do not support one now, I'd rather not have my hands tied if the time comes

Also literally open borders, which regardless lf your opinion is a federal issue anyways

They should be illegal, to me it's common sense if covid style lockdowns are illegal. I'll re-introduce this legislation next session. I'm willing to deal with the open borders if that's the issue, but i'm a human rights believer.