台湾约36.9万名通过婚姻获得本地籍的大陆出生居民正面临日益严格的政策审查。[1]前立法委员李眠秀是台湾立法机构中唯一通过婚姻移民的大陆籍议员，因无法提交放弃中国籍证明而被迫在任职两个月后离职，台湾内政部以此为由反对其担任议员资格。[1]
台湾当局对这一群体实施了多项差别对待政策。陆委会要求约12,000名已获得台湾籍的配偶提供取消中国户籍登记的证明，否则将撤销其台湾籍。[1]与其他外籍配偶相比，大陆配偶申请台湾籍需要6年而非4年，且必须成为台湾公民10年后才能申请政府工作，而其他外籍配偶可在成为公民后立即申请大多数低级政府职位。[1]去年春季，台湾还驱逐了三名在社交媒体倡导武力统一的女性。[1]
对这些措施存在不同看法。国际法专家Bruce Liao批评称，"政府这几年，他们错误地或以扭曲的方式解释许多法律"。[1]但研究员Yen-Tu Su则表示，"政府有保护国家安全的紧迫利益"。[1]
Taiwan's government is implementing increasingly stringent policies toward mainland Chinese-born spouses, subjecting approximately 369,000 people who obtained Taiwanese citizenship through marriage to heightened scrutiny and restrictions that critics say constitute discrimination.[1] The stringent standards forced former legislator Lee Mien-hsiu, the only mainland-born Chinese lawmaker in Taiwan's legislative body, to resign after just two months in office because she could not provide proof of renouncing her Chinese citizenship.[1] The Ministry of Interior opposed her legislative position specifically citing her failure to submit documentation of Chinese nationality renunciation.[1]
The restrictions extend beyond individual cases to broader policy measures. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council has demanded that approximately 12,000 already-naturalized mainland spouses provide evidence of canceling their Chinese household registration, threatening to revoke their Taiwanese citizenship if they fail to comply.[1] Mainland-born spouses face significantly longer naturalization timelines than other foreign spouses, requiring six years instead of four to obtain Taiwanese citizenship.[1] Additionally, they must wait ten years after becoming citizens before they can apply for most government positions, whereas other foreign-born citizens can apply immediately upon naturalization for most lower-level government jobs.[1]
Last spring, Taiwan deported three women from mainland China who had advocated for military unification on social media.[1] While government officials justify these measures on national security grounds, legal experts dispute the approach. International law specialist Bruce Liao stated that "the government in recent years has misinterpreted or distorted the interpretation of many laws in ways that are incorrect."[1] Researcher Yen-Tu Su acknowledged that "the government has a compelling interest in protecting national security,"[1] suggesting a more nuanced debate over the balance between security concerns and fair treatment of mainland-born residents.