From: cnd-us@cnd.org (CND-US Editors) Subject: CND-US Update on the Simpson Bill, November 29, 1995 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ C h i n a N e w s D i g e s t +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ US Regional Special Issue: Update on the Simpson Bill November 29, 1995 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CND-US, normally 1 or 2 issues a week, is a supplement to CND-Global and | | has basically no overlap with the CND-G news. CND-US provides in-depth | | information concerning Chinese students/scholars in the United States. | +-------------------------------ISSN 1024-9141-----------------------------+ Table of Contents # of Lines ============================================================================ 1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................. 36 2. Please Call the Senators: "I Would Like to Ask the Senator to Vote Against S.1394" ............. 72 3. Simpson Bill S.1394 Is Being Marked up on November 29 and 30: Update Information on Lobbying Activities Against Simpson Bill ...... 245 4. Letter: "Simpson's Bill Means Nothing but to Withdraw the USA from the Competion" ......................................... 40 ============================================================================ CND is a free network news service run by volunteers. To subscribe to/unsub. various CND Services and/or for more information,see trailer of the package. CND-US is published by China News Digest International, Inc. All rights are reserved. Redistribution is hereby permitted provided that it is not for profit and with proper acknowledgement to CND. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................. 36 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [NAFSA Network] In today's Washington Post (business section) there is an article regarding Bill Gate's visit to Washington, DC yesterday. While in the capital, he spoke out against the limitation of PR visas and the home country requirement for H-1B visas. According to the article, Simpson was quoted as saying that he had heard the concerns of the business community and the home country requirement will probably be dropped. For more details, check the Washington Post. [From: Stephen Bennett, 11/29/95. Forwarded by: Bo Xiong] ___ ___ ___ An editorial in November 27's Wall Street Journal may help or at least encourage some of us. The name of this editorial is "Immigration: Where We Go From Here." It was on page A20 in the Southwest Edition. It probably will be somewhere else in other editions. It is a panel discussion among some prominent figures such as Babara Jordan, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, Scott McNealy, Chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc., George Pataki, Governor of New York, Ben Campbell, Republican senator from Colorado, just to name a few. The concensus of this panel seems to be: 1. Legal immigration contributes to the well-being of this country. 2. While the current immigration system needs reform, distinction should be made between legal and illegal immigrations. Immigration reform should protect, not cut, lawful immigration. 3. If U.S. companies lose the ability to compete and recruit globally, the employees and shareholders lose and ultimately the U.S. loses. [From: kzhu@mail.utexas.edu (Keyu Zhu) 11/28/95] ___ ___ ___ The IFCSS must admit that the campaign has been very tough, and IFCSS officials have been a bit depressed by the participation and involve- ment of general public in this tough battle. However, in any sense, we must work hard and keep the things going on. Meannwhile, we would like to appeal to our fellow man and women: it's our own responsibi- lity to stand up with strong voices. Let's spend more time and energy for fighting the discriminative legislations, let's move forward. [From: hq@ifcss.org 11/29/95, HQ NR #7059: IFCSS' Agenda for Simppson's Bill. Abridged by: CND-US] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Please Call the Senators: "I Would Like to Ask the Senator to Vote Against S.1394" ............. 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _From: Yu Uny Cao 11/29/95 CSSA-UCLA Mailing List Chinese Students and Scholars Association at UCLA to Subscribe or Post email cssa@seas.ucla.edu and you're done! please stop by our WWW SITE http://caledonian.cs.ucla.edu/~cssa "I would like to ask the senator to vote against S1394". S1394 is in the markup process. You have today and tomorrow to call. + All you need to say is "I would like to ask the senator to vote against S1394". That is all. No questions asked by Senator's staff. + You can call toll free 1-800 972-3524 for the Capitol Switchboard. - CSSA-UCLA ------------------------------ We are glad to hear from people who have made calls to senators. They have the following points to share with us: - ***OUR KEY IS TO LET ONE OR TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS VOTE NO ***** It should be expected that the seven senators will vote on party line on most issues- Republicans will vote yes and Democrats will vote no. We should particularly target senators Arlen Spector (R-Pennsylvania) Jon Kyl (R-Arizona). Especially for people who reside in those states. -- Senators care particularly about folks in their State. - You can use 800-972-3524 for the Capitol Switchboard, it's free. - You won't be able to speak with senators, instead you speak with their staff. So you leave a message to them to ask the senator to vote against. The staff are counting numbers of callers against the bill. - Do not worry about English. All you really need to do is to say "I would like to ask the senator to vote against S1394". - IMPORTANT: Everyone who calls actually counts as a 'representation', which represents a group of people, so it is important that EVERYONE calls. - Do not worry about your status. Yes, you are counted as voting citizens because they never bother to ask the status. Therefore, in fact, your voiced opinion is really an American Citizen's opinion from their point of view because they cannot tell the difference. - Do NOT play race card. Surveys show that the public does not view serious immigration reform and restrictions on the number of people who would be allowed to immigrate as a race issue. ------------------------------ The Capitol Switchboard's number is 202 224-3121. And the individual numbers are: Phone Fax Alan Simpson, Chair R-WY 202 224-3424 224-1315 Charles Grassley, R-IA 202 224-3744 224-6020 Jon Kyl, R-AZ 202 224-4521 224-2207 Arlen Specter, R-PA 202 224-4254 228-1229 Edward Kennedy, D-MA 202 224-4543 224-2417 Paul Simon, D-IL 202 224-2152 224-0868 Dianne Fenstein, D-CA 202 224-3841 228-3954 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Simpson Bill S.1394 Is Being Marked up on November 29 and 30: Update Information on Lobbying Activities Against Simpson Bill ...... 245 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: Ifcss Hq 11/29/95 Subject: HQ NR #7058: Update Information on Lobbying Simpson Bill Update Information on Lobbying Simpson Bill 1. Simpson bill S 1394 is being marked-up by Senate Judiciary Sub- committee today and tomorrow. The IFCSS Headquarters made numerous contacts with Senators' offices. Senator Kennedy basically opposes this bill, and his aides felt "strange" why his office kept getting so many fax messages from members of our community; Senator Feins- tein will proposes some amendments to this bill, trying to remove the harshest part of it; Simpson's office just changed some stand- points on several provisions of the bill in the past week, and pro- mised to consider the overwhelming responses from industry and edu- cational societies. The IFCSS is keeping an eye on the outcome of the mark-up, and will brief CSS community very soon; * * * * * 2. The IFCSS HQ has made huge effort in the past week to reach bus- iness leaders, coporations, and officials of higher educations. Several hundreds of mails have been sent out nationwide, besides phone calls and fax transmission. The national campaign to influ- ence the business leaders obviously works. As reported in Today's Washington Post, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates yesterday strongly critized Simpson Bill S 1394, and called this legislation "an absolute disaster." Gates said: "If you want to prevent compa- nies like ours from doing work in the United States, this is a masterpiece." Gates also pointed out that the new quotas (from 140,000 reduced to 90,000) are too low, and singled out a provision in the Simpson bill that would require foreign students to work overseas for several years before becoming eligible for work visas in the United States. * * * * * 3. The IFCSS encouraged all Chinese students and scholars to for- ward relevant postings or messages to their university President or Chancellors on campuses. Top university officials usually are respected persons in the state, and have fairly good relationship with Congress members from this state. This strategy works on many occasions. One student at University of Rhode Island wrote to the president and forwarded to him the open letter from the IFCSS. This student sent the HQ office the reply from the president of U. R.I. two days ago: "Thank you for this information. I've talked to Sen. Chaffee and have left a message for Sen. Pell. I believe that this will get resolved in the conferene committee, as did the bill which would have restricted Pell grants from legal immigrants. We'll keep an eye on it. Robert L. Carothers, President The University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 Muskrat@uriacc.uri.edu" * * * * * 4. The IFCSS HQ staff called Simpson's office this afternoon seve- ral times, questioning Simpson's stand on the provision that gradu- ates must leave the US for two years". Simpson's aide said that Simpson told a reporter yesterday that he noticed the pressure from business groups in recent weeks persuaded him to drop the require- ment. He definitely would discuss with other legislators and take some serious consideration about it. We will know the progress of it very soon. * * * * * 5. Among hundreds of mails processed in the HQ in the past days, half of them headed for university officials, of whom mostly are President and Chancellors. We presented the mailing list we used in the past several days in the following, to see whether some schools or officials are missed or wrongly addressed. Please let the HQ know it, so we can send a second one. The president, Chan- cellors or other top officials we contacted are: Donald Behrend, University of Alaska--Anchorage, William Harris, Alabama State University, Montgomery, William V. Muse, Auburn University--Maim campus, Claude Bennett, University of Alabama Charles E. Hathaway, University of Arkansas Lattie F. Coor, Arizona State University Manuel Pacheco, University of Arizona Thomas E. Evenhart California Institute of Technology Director, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Director Lerner, Scripps Research Institute Robert C. Corrigan San Francisco State University Gerhard Casper Stanford University Direcotr, Stanford University Medical Center Chang-Lin Tien University of California--Berkeley Larry N. Vanderhoel University of California--Davis Harold H. Haak University of California--Fresno Laurel L. Wikening University of California--Irvine Charles E. Young University of California--Los Angeles Raymond L. Orbach University of California--Riverside Richard C. Atkinson University of California--San Diego Joseph B. Martin University of California--San Francisco Henry Yang University of California--Santa Barbara Karl Pister University of California--Santa Cruz Author Hughes University of San Diego John P. Schlegel University of San Francisco Steven B. Sample University of Southern California Albert C. Yates Colorado State University John Buechner University of Colorado--Denver Harry J. Hartley University of Connecticut James L. Baird University of Connecticut--Avery Point Karen Arms University of Connecticut--Stamford Cleveland Donald, Jr. University of Connecticut--Waterbury Richard C. Levin Yale University Bernjiamin Ladner American University President Brookings Institution Brother Patrick Ellis Catholic University of America Stephen Tracktenberg George Washington University Leo J. O'Donovan Georgetown University Joyce A. Ladner Howard University Tilden J. LeMelle University of the District of Columbia President Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars William B. Delauder Delaware State College David P. Roselle University of Delaware Modesto A. Madigue Florida Keys Community College Talbot D'Alemberte Florida State University John V. Lombardi University of North Florida William M. Chase Emory University Charles B. Knapp University of Georgia Kenneth P. Mortimer University of Hawaii President University of Iowa Elizabeth Zinser Universityof Idaho John Brazil Bradley Unibersity Dolores E. Cross Chicago State University Lewis Collens Illinois Institute of Technology John J. Piderit Loyola University Chicago Henry S. Blenen Northwestern University Hugo Sonnenschein University of Chicago Stanley O. Ikenberry University of Illinois James J. Stukel University of Illinois--Chicago Michael Aiken University of Illinois--Urbana--Champaign J. Richard Chase Wheaton College John E. Worthen Ball State University Donald Andorger Indiana Institute of Technology John W. Moore Indiana State University Kenneth R.Gros Louis Indiana University--Bloomington Steven C. Beering Purdue University Gene A. Budig University of Kansas Medical Center Mary L. Smith Kentucky State University Charles Wethington, Jr.University of Kentucky President University of Louisville President Loyola University--New Orleans Jerome G. Greene, Jr. Southeastern Louisiana University Eamon M. Kelly Tulane University Ray P. Authement University of Southwestern Louisiana Tom Gerety Amherst College John R. Silber Boston University Juhuda Reinbharz Brandeis University Harcvey V. Fineberg Harvard School of Public Health Neil L. Rudenstine Harvard University Charles M. Vest Massachusetts Institute of Technology John A. Curry Northeastern University John Dibiaggio Tufts University David Scott University of Massachusetts--Amherst Sherry H. Penny University of Massachusetts--Boston Peter H. Cressy University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth Diana Chapman Walsh Wellesley College William C. Richardson Johns Hopkins University John W. Ryan University of Maryland--Baltimore William P. Hytche University of Maryland--Eastern Shore T. Benjiamin Massey University of Maryland--University College Theodora J. Kalikow University of Maine--Farmington Leonard Plachta Central Michigan University M. Peter McPherson Michigan State University James J. Duderstadt University of Michigan--Ann Arbor David Adamany Wayne State University Richard M.Weinshilbaum Mayo Medical School Nils Hasselmo University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Charles A. Kiesler University of Missouri--Columbia Eleanor Schwartz University of Missouri--Kansas City John T. Park University of Missouri--St. Louis President Washington University--St.Louis R. Gerald Turner University of Mississippi George Dennison University of Montana Nanerl Keohane Duke University Larry K. Monteith North Carolina State University` Paul Hardin University of North Caroliana--Chapel Hill Kendall Baker University of North Dakota Graham Spanier University of Nebraska--Lincoln Del Weber University of Nebraska--Omaha James O. Freedman Dartmouth College Thomas P. Fairchild University of New Hampshire Saul K. Fenster New Jersey Institute of Technology Harold T. Shapiro Princeton University Francis L. Lawrence Rutgers University--New Brunswick Norman Samuels Rutgers University--Newark Stanley S. Bergen Jr. University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ President Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories Richard Peck University of New Mexico Kenny Quinn University of Nevada--Las Vegas Joseph Crowley University of Nevada--Reno Vernon E. Lattin CUNY--Brooklyn College Yolanda T. Moses CUNY--City College Blanche D. Blank CUNY--Hunter College Nathan Kase CUNY--Mount Sinai School of Medicine George E. Rupp Columbia University Hunter Rowlings Cornell University Robert Michels Cornell University Medical College Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J. Fordham University John J. Connolly New York Medical College L.J. Oliva New York University President Roswell Park Memorial Institute H.Patrick Swygert SUNY--Albany Lois B. DeFleur SUNY--BIingghamton William R. Greiner SUNY--Buffalo Shirley Strum Kenny SUNY--Stony Brook Agnar Pytte Case Western Reserve University Paul G. Risser Miami University--Hamilton E. Gordon Gee Ohio State University--Main Campus Peggy G. Elliott University of Akron--Main Campus Joseph A. Steger University of Cincinnati--Main Campus J. R. Morris University of Oklahoma John V. Byrne Oregon State University Robert Mehrabian Carnegie--Mellon University Richard D. Resigning Drexel University Judith S. Roden University of Pennsylvania J. Dennis O'Connor University of Pittsburgh Vartan Gregorian Brown University Robert L. Carothers University of Rhode Island John M. Palms University of South Carolina--Main Campus William T. Snyder University of Tennessee--Knoxville William R. Rice University of Tennessee--Memphis Joe B. Wyatt Vanderbilt University William T. Butler Baylor College of Medicine Ray M. Bowen Texas A&M University Herbert H. Richardson Texas A&M University System Ryan C. Amacher University of Texas--Arlington Robert M. Berdahl University of Texas--Austin Robert M. Berdahl University of Texas--Dallas Samuel A. Kirkpatrick University of Texas--San Antonio C. Kern Wildenthal University of Texas S.W. Medical Ct. at Dallas Rex E. Lee Brigham Young University Arthur K. Smith University of Utah John T. Casteen University of Virginia President University of Washington David Ward University of Wisconsin--Madison John H. Schroeder, Jr. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Terry P. Roark University of Wyoming ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Letter: "Simpson's Bill Means Nothing but to Withdraw the USA from the Competion" ......................................... 40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _From: Senshu Ye 11/26/95 Dear editor: Your recent action on the Simpson's Bill is highly appreciated. The following is my way to think about the bill. Please forward to wherever you think is appropriate. First, the way Senator Allen Simpson thinks about the relationship of the USA's industry and foreign workers is incorrect. It is because of the "dependence on foreign workers" that the USA has been able to be at the leading position for a century. Without those talented workers from all over the world, America would not be today's America. Today, the "foreign workers" are still vital for the USA to keep the leading position. Yet the foreign workers occupy job positions and make the job market more competitive. It sounds reasonable to drive them out of the country and thus to promote the its employment. This is shortsighted. These talented workers, once they leave the USA, will certainly become the country's opponents. Some people may argue that countries like Japan have been developed quickly and they do not depend on "foreign workers". To answer this, let us compare the education system in the USA with those in some countries of Asia. My daughter came from China two and half years ago. The math she is studying at fourth grade here is what she had studied at first grade in China. Similar situations are for high schools and colleges. Lots of courses taught here in undergraduate level are taught in high schools , even in junior high schools. The most important thing that needs to be done is to reform the education system and consequently to promote the Americans' competitive ability. Only in this way, can the USA become less dependence on "foreign workers" while keeps the leading position. It is easy to pass a bill and drive the "competitive opponents" out of the country. At such a crucial moment while international competition is so intensive, to pass the Simpson's bill means nothing but to withdraw the USA from the competion. 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