NOT CRIMINALS: Legislator Lin Li-chan said 90 percent of immigrants come to Taiwan through marriage, attesting to the difficulty of doing so for work or other reasons
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 06, 2018
By: Cheng Hung-ta and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators yesterday panned the Cabinet’s efforts on
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Li-chan, center, and Taiwanese New Immigrant Parent-Child-Caring Association Director Chen Ying-chun, right, listen as National Chengchi University Department of Law Associate Professor Liao Yuan-hao speaks at a news conference held at the Legislative Yuan yesterday, where they proposed drafting a new immigrants’ basic act. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
immigration policy as too slow, urging the government not to treat immigration laws as measures to prevent crime.
KMT Legislator Lin Li-chan (林麗蟬), at a news conference with KMT Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安), said she has proposed a draft immigrants’ basic act, while Chiang proposed to amend Article 19 of the Nationality Act (國籍法).
Lin, a naturalized immigrant from Cambodia, said new immigrants still face great challenges in everyday life and when looking for jobs.
New immigrants often feel they are scrutinized by the Taiwanese public, Lin said, adding that the government has failed to take concrete action, through policy or legislation, to facilitate their integration into Taiwanese society, she said. [FULL STORY]
