Subject: CND-US, July 11, 1993

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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1993 07:44:12 -0500

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1. News Brief (4 items) ................................................. 36
2. The IFCSS HQ Statement on the Handling of 659 Chinese ................ 24
3. News Reports on 650 Illegal Chinese Immigrants ....................... 48
4. Jiangsu to Recruit 1026 Chinese Students and Scholars in the U.S. .... 23
5. A Chronological History of American Immigration: An Asian Perspective. 98

                    CND-US CSPA Information Exchange
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6. Reports from CSPA Applicants: Some Have Received INS Notice .......... 40
7. IFCSS News Release on CSPA:  On Late-Arrival Dependents; INS Says
   So Far About 33,000 CSPA Applications Nation-Wide Have Been Received  145
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1. News Brief (4 items) ................................................. 36
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[CND. 7/9/93] A new list of Career Opportunities in Computer Science is now
in CND.ORG InfoBase. It contains hundreds of positions.  Detail information
are available by anonymous ftp to CND.ORG (IP: 132.249.229.100) in directory
pub/InfoBase/Job-Conf. (Forwarded by: Rupert Zhu)
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[UPI, 7/7/93] SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted two
Bay Area software companies and four residents on piracy charges for produc-
ing and selling thousands of copies of Microsoft Corp.'s most- popular com-
puter programs without authorization. Abba Systemations, Inc., which does
business as ProSys, and its owner, Ju Jung Wu, face millions of dollars in
fines and upwards of 20 years in prison if convicted of duplicating and sel-
ling more than 20,000 copies of Microsoft's MS-DOS and Windows software.
Ever Supply, Inc., its owner Roland Tsai and employee Tony Shen, also face
20 years in jail and millions in fines for reproducing and marketing the
software.

The indictments are the first in the US since Congress increased the seri-
ousness of commercial software piracy from a misdemeanor to a felony last
year. The charges were not directly related to Microsoft's announcement
Wednesday that it had participated with the FBI in a four-month sting opera-
tion that had netted more than $9 million in counterfeit software nation-
wide, Walker said. (Forwarded by: Charles Mok)
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[AP, 7/7/93] BJ -- BankAmerica Corp. has opened a new branch in Guangzhou,
the company's second branch in this country. (Forwarded by: Zhao Hua)
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Dr. Huang, Sheng-yu lost his battle to the deadly liver cancer. After fight-
ing for several months, he passed away on 7/4/93. He was 50 years old.

As a contract worker without medical insurance, Sheng-yu left no money, but
a huge medical bill. His aged mother, unemployed wife, and a teenage
daughter are left without any stable sources of income. They may face a
situation of being left nowhere to stay. Your contributions and donations
are thus greatly appreciated. Checks should be made to his wife Ms. Li-Hua
Meng and sent to: 2880 Moran Ave. Richmond, CA 94804, or sent through
Berkeley CSSA, c/o Liu Cheng (President of BCSSA), 839 Riley Dr., Albany, CA
94706, (510) 642-0807 (O), (510) 527-2282 (H)
(From: <[email-masked]>

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2. The IFCSS HQ Statement on the Handling of 659 Chinese ................ 24
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>From: <[email-masked]> IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 500, 7/9/1993

On July 9, 1993, the U.S. government decided to keep the Chinese boat people
or immigration seekers off the U.S. waters, and at the same time asked the
government of Mexico to accept the 659 before they could go through the due
legal process in this country.

As the only nation-wide Chinese student organization in the United States,
we strongly condemn the crime rings that organized the illegal immigration
activities. Their criminal behavior has not only resulted in tremendous
sufferings of our fellow countrymen, but also created a serious problem for
the American society. Resolute measures must be taken to stop this bar-
barous business of making money out of human lives.

At the same time, however, we are aware that the overwhelming majority of
these boat people are victims of the organized crimes. Like millions of
immigrants in the American history, these people are coming to the United
States to seek freedom and happiness. No matter how they ended up on these
ships, they should be allowed to go through due legal processes and be given
an explanation why they cannot stay in the U.S.. They have been drifting on
the sea for months; consequently, keeping them to international waters or
sending them to a third country only aggravates their conditions.

We urge the U.S. government to recognize the plight of these innocent people
and incorporate humanitarianism into any solution it may develop to this
issue.

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3. News Reports on 650 Illegal Chinese Immigrants ....................... 48
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Source: America Online Mailer, 7/8-9/93.
Forwarded by: Chengyan Liu, [email-masked]
And: from Choung-Ming Chi <[email-masked]>, 7/9/93

UPI, 7/7, LONG BEACH, Calif -- The Coast Guard said Wednesday it found 650
illegal Chinese immigrants aboard three freighters off the coast of Mexico's
Baja Peninsula in the latest of a series of such smuggling operations.

The first shipload, 215 men and 21 women, was discovered Tuesday night
aboard a disabled freighter in international waters about 75 miles south of
Cabo San Quentin - 200 miles south of San Diego, Calif.

Coast Guard officials said the freighter was one of three suspicious ships
found during Independence Day weekend patrols. Smuggling of Chinese immi-
grants has increased dramatically in the last two years with the human cargo
shipped on aging freighters and fishing boats, and showing up on both
coasts. The Coast Guard said the vessel's skipper asked for help when its
engine broke down.

On Wednesday, crews of two other cutters boarded two other ships within 450
miles of each other in international waters off Baja.

The Morgenthau found 160 illegal aliens on a freighter west of the northern
Baja city of Vicente Guerrero, and the Venturous boarded a third freighter
west of La Paz in southern Baja and found another 254 illegal aliens.

All the passengers were reported to be in good condition.

The Coast Guard said it had not yet decided what to do with the ships, their
crews, or the illegal aliens, and authorities in Taiwan have been unable to
confirm the ships' claim of Taiwanese registration.
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UPI, 7/8 -- The three freighters full of illegal Chinese immigrants captured
off the California coast are on the move. With Coast Guard officers on
board... the ships are moving north in international waters. Federal author-
ities have still NOT indicated what they intend to do with the 650 illegal
refugees.
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UPI, 7/9 -- Vice President Al Gore said Friday the United States is serious
about protecting its borders against crimimal smuggling of immigrants and
the interception of three freighters with more than 600 Chinese aboard shows
it.

"We don't intend to play around with it," Gore told reporters.

Washington has asked Mexico to take the aliens until they are questioned
about possible asylum in the United States.

"They will be given careful attention according to the law," Gore said.
"Those who do not have legitimate requests will be returned directly to
China."
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UPI, 9/9, 23:07 -- Still no response from Mexican authorities to a Clinton
administration request. The State Department says Mexico's been asked to
accept Chinese refugees. Washington's new approach to combating the
smuggling of aliens calls for redirecting emigrants hoping to sneak into the
United States to the closest nation.

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4. Jiangsu to Recruit 1026 Chinese Students and Scholars in the U.S. .... 23
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>From: <[email-masked]>, 7/8/93

A recruiting team from Jiangsu Province, headed by Ms. Lin Yuying, Deputy
Director of the Personnel Department of Jiangsu, has started its recruiting
tour in the United States. The team's first stop is San Fancisco. It will
also stop in Phoenix, AZ, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City. The
team hopes to recruit as many as 1026 professionals in 218 fields, including
mechanical engineering, welding technology, chemical equipment and
machinary, chemical engineering, textile engineering, internal combustion
engines, radio and communication technology, computer technology, computer
software, automation technology, electronics, organic chemistry, petroleum
processing, synthetic fabrics, and international trade.

The team plans to hold five receptions and have question and answer sessions
and individual interviews during their stay in the U.S. They will brief the
audience about economic and technological development in Jiangsu, job market
for trained professionals, and preferential policies for overseas students
and scholars. They will also answer other questions and hold individual
interviews with people who are interested, and discuss potential cooperation
and joint ventures.

The following is the recruiting team's schedule in the U.S.

1. San Francisco. Contact: Fang1, Tian1tong2 (415-563-4895).
2. Phoenix, Contact: Gu4, Yi4min2 (602-621-6777 w, 602-372-9891 h).
3. Chicago. Contact: Pan1, Su4qin2 (312-463-9187,312-463-9687).
4. Washington, D.C. Contact: Wang2, Sheng4shui3 (202-885-0718).
5. NYC. Contact: Lin2 Yue4 (212-330-7433).

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5. A Chronological History of American Immigration: An Asian Perspective. 98
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Source: "Civil Rights Issues Facing Asian Americans in the 1990s",
         published by the US Commission on Civil Rights, Feb 1992
>From: Ya-Gui Wei, 7/9/93, via SCC. Abridged by CND.

1492 - The first European immigrants came to the Americas.

1776 - A group of European immigrants declared independence from Britain
and established the United States of America.

1790 - U.S. Congress passed first citizenship law, declaring that only
"free white persons" could become naturalized citizens.

1850s - Chinese immigrants came to the United States mainland to work in
California gold mines and played essential role in building the transcon-
tinental railroads.

1852 - California imposed "foreign miner's tax" ($3) for any miner who was
not an intending citizen. In 1855, California imposed $50 tax on newly
arrived miners who were not intending citizens. (Note that only whites were
eligible for naturalization.) In 1858, landing of Chinese were prohibited
all together. In 1862, California imposed a head tax of $2.5 per month on
resident Chinese immigrants.

1868 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants citizenship
rights to all persons borned in the United States.

Congress modified citizenship law to include "aliens of African nativity and
persons of African descent" as eligible for naturalization. Asian immigrants
remained the only group excluded from naturalization.

1869 - Transcontinental railroads completed. Resentments against Chinese
workers rised. Anti-Chinese clubs and organizations appeared in California.
Major political parties adopted anti-Chinese platforms.

THE NEW YORK TIMES on Chinese immigrants: "A population befouled with all
the social vices, with no knowledge or appreciation of free instituions or
constitutional liberty, with heathenish souls and heathenish propen- sities,
whose character, and habits, and modes of thought are firmly fixed by the
consolidating influence of ages upon ages."

1871 - About 20 Chinese were massacred in Los Angeles by a white mob. In
1977, a similar incident occured in San Francisco's Chinatown, and 5 Chinese
farmers were mudered in Chico, Calif.

1873 - San Francisco passed Laundry Ordinance, imposing a tax of $1.25 on
laudry shops owning one horse-drawn vehicle, and $15 on laudry shops owning
NO horse- drawn vehicle (most Chinese-owned shops belonged to the later
category), and Cubic Air Ordinance, requiring that living spaces to have at
least 500 cubic feet of space per person (this ordinance was only enforced
in Chinatown).

1880 - California enacted law to prohibit whites from marrying a "negro,
mulatto, or Mongolian". After a Fillipino successfully argued in court that
he was a Malay, not a "Mongolian", and should be allowed to marry a white
women, the legislature amended the law to include Fillipinos in the
prohibition list in 1933.

1882 - "Chinese Exclusion Act" passed Congress, immigration of Chinese
laborers was suspended for 10 years.

1887 - 31 Chinese miners were robbed, murdered, and mutilated in the
"Snake River (Oregon) Massacre".

1892 - Chinese immigration suspended for another 10 years. Chinese immi-
grants already in the U.S. are required to obtain "certificate of
residents".

1904 - Chinese immigration ban extended indefinitely. Because the earlier
Chinese immigrants have been predominately male, the result of the immigra-
tion ban caused the Chinese population in the United States to drop from
105,465 in 1880 to 61,639 in 1920.

1907 - Japanese government negotiated "Gentleman's Agreement" with U.S. to
voluntarily restrict emigration of unskilled Japanese to the U.S., in
exchange, parents, wives, fiancees, and children of Japanese immigrants were
allowed entry. Japanese population grew from 25,000 in 1900 to roughly
127,000 in 1940, surpassing the Chinese population.

1917 - Immigration Act of 1917 bans immigration from all countries in the
Asian-Pacific Triangle, except for the Philipines and Japan.

1924 - Immigration Act of 1924 bans immigration from Japan. Immigration
quota for all countries were limited to 2% of their population already in
the U.S. Persons inelligible for citizenship (i.e. Asians) were not allowed
to immigrate.

1943 - The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed. The annual immigration
quota for Chinese was set at _105_.

1945 - The War Brides Act permits immigration of Asian spouses and chil-
dren of American servicemen in the war.

1952 - The McCarran-Walter Act ended Asian immigration ban and extends
naturalization rights to all races (the first time for Asians). The act
retained the 2% quota system of the 1924 Act, effectively discriminating
against Asian immigrants because of their small residence population.

1965 - A fixed annual quota of 20,000 per country is established for immi-
gration from all countries, with preference given to skilled workers.

1960-80s - The second major wave of Asian Immigrants came to the U.S. Most
new immigrants are highly educated because of the preference for skilled
workers in the Immigration Act.

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6. Reports from CSPA Applicants: Some Have Received INS Notice .......... 40
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1) From: Ruoming Gong <[email-masked]> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993
   Subject:      Re: INS interviews

>Some netter mentioned that some folks in southern California have already
>been interviewed by their local INS. This sounds too good to be true. Are
>they really CSPA applicants? It is hard to believe the federal government
>is that efficient. If INS is really like this, I am sure all of us will
>get adjusted pretty soon. This is good news. A curious netter.

Here comes one. My wife, an f-2 visa holder, received the receipt notice of
her I-485 application under CSPA this afternoon from northern service center,
Lincoln, NE. Following is the exact text in BOLD on the notice:

        Take this notice within 14 days to your local INS office for
        processing of your I-89. You must take 2 "ADIT" type photographs,
        as specified on the Form I-485 application, with you if you did
        not provide them at the time you filed your application. Failure
        to complete this action will result in a processing delay of your
        I-485 application.

Believe it or not, the Notice Date is July 1, 1993.

However, I myself have not received the receipt notice of my own application
yet, even though I mailed out our applications at same time on June 29. I
guess it's just a matter of time. So, be patient and happy, gentlefolks.
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2) From: Yafei Zhang <[email-masked]>  Date: 10 Jul 93

      I just got a letter today from INS. The subject is "notice of action".
In the letter, I was given a Alian # which I didn't have before, a receipt #.
I sent my application package on June 29  by Federal express with signature
waiver. The Notice date in the letter was July 1, 93 although they should
receive it on June 30. The post office stamp was July 8-93.

      In the letter, I was asked to go to local INS for processing of my I-89
which I don't have ideal about it with 2 ADIT photos within 14 days after got
this letter.

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7. IFCSS News Release on CSPA:  On Late-Arrival Dependents; INS Says
   So Far About 33,000 CSPA Applications Nation-Wide Have Been Received  145
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>From: IFCSS HQ <[email-masked]> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 13:39:01

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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 5005        July 10, 1993
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
   733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005
         Tel. (202)347-0017  Fax: (202)347-0018
                Email: [email-masked]

IFCSS Continues to Work on Late-Arriving Dependents Issue

     Before we left for IFCSS 5th Congress, we received calls from
the White House and Senator Kennedy's office, both expressing their
willingness to continue to help with us on the late-arriving
dependents issue. At the convention, we had further discussions
with Mr. Steffen Nelson and Ms. Michelle Chin, who had come to the
convention to extend support on behalf of Senator Gorton and
Congressman Joe Barton. The agreement was reached that we would
immediately devote ourselves to the issue upon return to Washington
D.C..

     Now we are back at touch with these offices. Our current
strategy is to seek solutions at both the policy-making level
(Congress and the White House) and the implementation level (INS).
At the policy-making level, our position is: either the late-
arriving dependents be allowed to file applications under CSPA or
a special program be created for them; we do not want these
dependents to line up with the applicants who have already filed
applications under the 2nd or 3rd preferences using China quota. At
the same time, we want to be prepared for the worst. Since there is
a chance that we might fail to achieve the above-mentioned goal and
since many dependents will lose their status very soon, we will
request that Department of Justice and INS designate special staff
at service centers to process voluntary departure applications by
CSPA dependents so as to ensure approval. In addition, we will work
with Department of State to find out a way to waive the applying-
from-the-third-country requirement.

     Yesterday, we got in touch with Ms. Sharen Nichols at INS HQ.
She told us that so far INS had received about 33,000 applications
nation-wide. To us, this news is too good to be true. For if this
is true, it means that every applicant will be able to get the
green card this year. In addition, this means great benefit for
late-arriving dependents. We will have even stronger reasons to
demand that these dependents be allowed to file applications under
CSPA. According to statistics produced by IFCSS CSPA Information
Center, the ratio between qualified dependents and late-arriving
dependents is roughly 2:1. If the 33,000 number is accurate, the
total number of late-arriving dependents will be less than 10,000.
The logical result is: every dependent, qualified or late-arriving,
will fit into the 45,000 visa numbers available this year.

     We want to assure all of you that this issue will remain top
priority on our agenda until a satisfactory solution is worked out.
To accomplish our goal, we request maximum cooperation from you,
our fellow students. Because of the budget, there are only three
people working full-time at the HQ. Owing to the transition, our
tasks are simply overwhelming. We are working evenings and
weekends. Right now, we receive hundreds of e-mail messages and
phone calls a day, which are too many for us to cope with.
Therefore, please do not call or e-mail just to tell us you want
the issue to be solved. Our time is limited, and we need to
concentrate our efforts to deal with the U.S. government. If we
believe that a mass campaign is necessary, we will certainly turn
to you for help. Meanwhile, please be patient. Some students have
proposed to stage a demonstration demanding a solution, we strongly
discourage such extreme actions. Our strength lies in our unity and
our organization. A well-organized community carries much more
weight than individual voices.
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The following letter has been sent to Attorney General Reno.
Similar letters have been sent to National Security Council,
Department of State, Senator Gorton, Senator Kennedy, Congressman
Barton, Congresswoman Pelosi.

07/09/93

The Honorable Janet Reno
Attorney General of the United States
Department of Justice
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room 4400
Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Madam Attorney General:

As newly-elected president and vice president of the Independent
Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, we are writing to
refresh your memory of an important issue regarding The Chinese
Student Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-404).

The Act is virtually an extension of Executive Order 12711, which
was issued in the wake of Tiananmen Massacre and aimed at
protecting Chinese students and their family members from reprisal
and persecution because of their involvement in the prodemocracy
movement. Thanks to the hard work of your department, the majority
of the students have sent in their applications timely. However,
one serious problem remains. Family members who came after April
11, 1990 are not allowed to adjust their status with the principal
applicants. With the current INS arrangement, family members who
cannot otherwise maintain their legal status have the option of
applying for Voluntary Departure at local INS offices.

There are two potential problems with this arrangement. First, once
a person enters voluntary departure status, he/she will have to go
to a third country before being granted permanent residence. For
the CSPA dependents, this would mean to go back to China, where
they are most likely to be subject to harassment and reprisal. Here
we would like to emphasize that these people have sought protection
in the U.S. precisely because they are afraid of being harassed by
the totalitarian government in China. Therefore, it is ironical
that they should be thrown back at the mercy of the Chinese
government before they can be protected.

There is also a more imminent problem. Some of these dependents
will be out of status in a matter of a few weeks. Since the
approval of voluntary departure is at the discretion of local INS
officers who quite often lack knowledge of special regulations, we
expect that applicants will get into various difficulties or even
face denial. We strongly recommend that a blanket program be
created immediately to ensure the legal status of these dependents.
We also recommend that their applications be processed by special
staff at INS Service Centers rather than by local INS officers.

We sincerely hope that you can look into this matter and ensure the
unity and safety of the families of thousand Chinese students who
have defied their own government in pursuit of democracy  and
freedom.

Thank you for your attention.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Changsheng Lin, President
Heping Shi, Vice President
The Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars

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