Knesset members will vote today (Wednesday) in the plenum on the Basic Immigration Bill.
The bill establishes general guidelines regarding entry into Israel, obtaining status in Israel, removal from Israel and revoking the citizenship of an Israeli resident.
The Constitution Committee that discussed the law proposed that Israel be the home of the Jewish people and that it exercise its right to self-determination.
With regard to status recipients in Israel, it is proposed that it establish an annual quota of status recipients and that infiltration into Israel constitute a barrier to obtaining status.
In addition, it will not be possible to apply to the court regarding the status of a person who is not a citizen or resident of Israel.
These restrictions will not apply to the Return Law.
Shaked: "Reduce the stay of illegal residents", Photo: Yossi Zeliger
Additional recommendation: The Government, with the approval of the Knesset, may determine that citizens or residents of certain countries or regions will not be able to obtain status or a residence permit in Israel.
With regard to illegal residents in Israel, it is proposed to stipulate that the state will keep them outside its borders in the arrangements to be determined by law and will encourage the departure of those who cannot remove them under these arrangements, by various means to be determined by law.
Finally, it is proposed that the Basic Law shall prevail over other Basic Laws and Laws, unless it is stated in them that their validity prevails over what is stated in this Basic Law.
In addition, the law will be amended so that it can only be amended by a majority of Knesset members.
Earlier today, in the Finance Committee, Minister Shaked noted: "My immigration countries are clear - to reduce the stay of illegal residents, foreign workers and infiltrators, whether they entered legally or not."
MK Uriel Bosso's bill from Shas, to grant an absorption basket to converts, will also be put to a vote in the first reading today.
This is a proposal submitted in response to a bill by the Minister of Environmental Protection, Tamar Zandberg from Meretz, which seeks to provide the circulars in question with an absorption basket similar to that received by a new immigrant.
