From: ZHAO%HUXTAL.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Newsgroups: talk.politics.china
Subject: CCSA: IMMIGRATION LOBBYING PACKAGE (III)
Date: 30 Jul 92 05:57:00 GMT
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                CCSA: IMMIGRATION BILL LOBBYING PACKAGE (III)


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                To:    Chinese Students and Scholars Nationwide


                From:  Haiching Zhao


                Date:  July 29, 1992


        Due to the irresponsible message sent by Mr. Geng Xiao and confusing
E-mail messages sent out by the HQ in recent days,  our lobbying effort on
the Capitol Hill has met unprecedented nightmare.  Many offices in the House
are confused by different messages from students, some are even upset.  The
law firm in D.C. had to stop its normal lobbying operation and to figure
out a way to resolve the disagreement between the Student Affairs Committee
and the newly elected HQ.  I have tried my best to concentrate on the Capitol
Hill and let Ji Yingquan and others to deal with the internal dispute.
Unfortunately, things just got worse and this has caused a detremental effect
on the passage of the immigration bill.  Many people have urged me to come
out and make things clear.  I also feel the responsibility to do so since
I have worked on this legislation for almost three years and this bill will
affect more than 80,000 people's lives.

        First, we need to get our message clear and correct.  Please read the
following lobbying package carefully before you talk/write to congressional
offices and other American friends.


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               SAMPLE LETTER FROM CHINESE NATIONAL


     I am a student at [name of university or place of work].  I
am among those who are protected under the President's Executive
Order which will expire at the end of next year.  I am asking for
your support of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (S.1216)
in order to insure that the laws of your country will continue to
protect us after the Order expires.

     Although the Executive Order was made with the hope that
things would get better in my country, it is clear that the
hardliners who crushed the democracy movement are still firmly in
control.  If I were to return to China now, I could be facing
persecution because of my pro-democracy activities here in your
country.  For my own safety, I seek your help.

     I also seek your help so that my government will have an
incentive to improve its treatment of my friends and colleagues
still in China.  Senate Bill 1216 provides this incentive by
stating that it will not go into effect if my government can
improve the situation in China to make it safe for people like me
to return.  I know that my government would like for me to go back
some day, but right now the leaders of my country believe that
United States immigration law will force me back sooner or later,
so they can continue to mistreat dissidents as they please.

     It is my hope that with your support for S.1216 I will no
longer have to worry about what could happen after next year; that
I can get on with my studies; that I can again feel free to involve
myself openly in the struggle for democracy in my country, and that
my government will finally realize that it must begin to allow
dissident voices some degree of freedom.

     Thank you for your help.








               SAMPLE LETTER FROM U.S. CITIZEN


     I write to seek your active support of Senate Bill 1216, the
Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992.  I am a personal friend of
several Chinese nationals who were virtually stranded here after
the Tiananmen Square massacre, threatened with expulsion when their
visas expired yet unable to return to China because they would face
criminal charges for having supported democracy while here.

     I was pleased that President Bush issued a temporary order to
allow them to stay through next year, but a permanent solution is
needed for when the order expires.  This bill provides that if
Beijing mends its ways and allows my friends to return in safety,
then so be it.  If they refuse to halt the post-Tiananmen
repression, however, then those who wish to get on with their lives
in our country may do so.

     I know that most Chinese nationals have a deep desire to
return to China in safety as soon as they complete their studies
here.  But if their own government will not welcome them back in
safety, then I have no doubt that our country stands to gain
tremendously from the contributions these, who are among China's
best and brightest young scholars, can make in the United States.
Please lend your full support.






                 SAMPLE SHORT LETTER FROM ANYONE

     I write to request your full and active support to S.1216, the
Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992.  I have enclosed a brief
summary of why this legislation is so important.  Thank you.


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