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 CIS NO: 91-S521-52
 TITLE: Chinese Students in America and Human Rights in China.
 SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: v+192 p.
 DATE: Jan. 23, 1990
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 101-2             SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.hrg.101-1270
 ITEM NO: 1042-A; 1042-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.101-1270
 LC CARD NO: 91-601253               MC ENTRY NO: 91-22521

 Committee Serial No. J-101-56. Hearing before the Subcom on Immigration and
 Refugee Affairs to consider overriding Presidential Nov. 1989 veto of H.R.
 2712 (text, p. 130-132), the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status
 Facilitation Act of 1989, also cited as the Emergency Chinese Immigration
 Relief Act of 1989, to permit students and other nationals of the People's
 Republic of China (PRC) to remain in the U.S., in light of PRC reprisals
 against the pro-democracy movement in the PRC.
   Focuses on H.R. 2712 provisions to waive for PRC nationals Immigration
 and Nationality Act (INA) foreign residency provisions requiring
 nonimmigrant aliens to return home for a two-year period after applying for
 U.S. immigrant status.
   Also examines President's Nov. 1989 directive, issued as an alternative
 to H.R. 2712, instructing the Attorney General to require INS waiver of INA
 foreign residency requirements through administrative proceedings.
   Supplementary material (p. 130-192) includes submitted statements,
 articles, and correspondence.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Chinese natls in US, immigration requirements revision
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON IMMIGRATION AND
     REFUGEE AFFAIRS. SENATE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Immigration
     requirements revision for Chinese natls in US); IMMIGRATION AND
     NATURALIZATION SERVICE; IMMIGRATION; ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE;
     PRESIDENTIAL VETOES; DEPARTMENT.OF.JUSTICE; EMERGENCY CHINESE
     ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FACILITATION ACT; EMERGENCY CHINESE IMMIGRATION
     RELIEF ACT; STUDENTS; IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
 BILLS: 101 H.R.2712
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.102-404

 91-S521-52 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Jan. 23, 1990 p. 8-31
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GORTON, SLADE (Sen, R-Wash)
     PELOSI, NANCY (Rep, D-Calif)
     SMITH, LAMAR S. (Rep, R-Tex)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Opposing views on H.R. 2712; comparison of
     Presidential directive and H.R. 2712 (related correspondence, p. 15-22).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Chinese natls in US, immigration requirements revision

 91-S521-52 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Jan. 23, 1990 p. 33-64
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     ZHAO, HAICHING (Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University; representing
        National Committee for Chinese Student Affairs)
     ANONYMOUS WITNESS NO. 1.
     ANONYMOUS WITNESS NO. 2.
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Deficiencies of Presidential directive;
     experiences with harassment of PRC students and their families in the
     U.S. by PRC Government agents (related correspondence, p. 58-61).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Chinese natls in US, immigration requirements revision
 DESCRIPTORS: FAMILIES; NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR CHINESE STUDENT AFFAIRS

 91-S521-52 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Jan. 23, 1990 p. 65-73
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LORD, WINSTON (former U.S. Ambassador to China)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Support for H.R. 2712; criticism of Presidential
     directive.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Chinese natls in US, immigration requirements revision

 91-S521-52 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Jan. 23, 1990 p. 73-129
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     COOK, WILLIAM P. (General Counsel-Designate, INS)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Opposition to H.R. 2712, with arguments for the
     President's directive (related materials, p. 117-126); legal
     justification of the U.S. Attorney General's role in executing the
     Presidential directive.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Thornburgh, Richard L. (Office of the Atty Gen), burden of proof
        for INS refugee status applications, interim rule, Jan. 23, 1990 (p.
        82-90).
     b. Eig, Larry M. (CRS), "Comparison and Analysis of the Emergency
        Chinese Immigration Relief Act of 1989 (H.R. 2712) and the Bush
        Administration's Immigration Relief Plan for Nationals of the
        People's Republic of China" legal memo, Jan. 22, 1990 (p. 92-108).
     c. Dumbaugh, Kerry (CRS), U.S. sanctions against the PRC for
        pro-democracy movement reprisals, Jan. 26, 1990 (p. 109-113).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Chinese natls in US, immigration requirements revision
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): LAW; REFUGEES (Immigration
     refugee status application burden of proof, interim rule); THORNBURGH,
     RICHARD L. (Immigration refugee status application burden of proof,
     interim rule); CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE (Chinese natls in US,
     immigration requirements revision; China 1989 pro-democracy
     demonstrations suppression, US sanctions, CRS rpt);
     PUBLIC.DEMONSTRATIONS (China 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations
     suppression, US sanctions, CRS rpt); FOREIGN.RELATIONS (China 1989
     pro-democracy demonstrations suppression, US sanctions, CRS rpt);
     INTERNATIONAL.SANCTIONS (China 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations
     suppression, US sanctions, CRS rpt); DUMBAUGH, KERRY (China 1989
     pro-democracy demonstrations suppression, US sanctions, CRS rpt)