The following is collected and archived by CND-US. If you have any questions regarding the following information/message, please contact the original sender(s) listed below. Thank You. China News Digest - US Regional Services (Bo Xiong) --------------- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:04:47 GMT Reply-To: hq@IFCSS.ORG Sender: Newsletter on Chinese Community From: Ifcss Hq Subject: HQ NR #7089: Senate Judiciary Committee Markup of S. 1394 Comments: To: pbs-l@ifcss.org, council-l@ifcss.org To: Multiple recipients of list CCNL Status: RO * * * N E W S R E L E A S E # 7089 * * * _________ March 6, 1996 __________ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ ____ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ &^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^ Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the USA IFCSS Foundation, Inc. 733 15th Street, NW Suite 440 Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: (202) 347-0017 Fax: (202) 347-0018 &=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&= From: NAFSA: Association of International Educators Senate Judiciary Committee Markup of S. 1394 The Senate Judiciary Committee met this morning to markup S. 1394, "The Immigration Reform Act of 1995." During the opening state- ments, Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) expressed their misgivings about some of the legal, employment- based provisions of the bill. DeWine, in particular, mentioned the "outstanding professor/researcher" category of the bill, stating that employers would have to go through "bureaucratic hoops and loops" if such sections of the legislation remain unchanged. After the opening statements ended, Senator Abraham expressed a desire to offer an amendment which would split the bill into legal and illegal sections, which would be marked up and voted on separ- ately. Senator Simpson (R-WY), quite vociferously raised an objec- tion, pointing out that as Chairman of the Immigration Subcommi- ttee, which originally marked up the bill, he had the right to offer the first amendment. According to Simpson, he had several amendments to offer which he believed would remedy some of the more contentious employment-based provisions of the bill; thus elimina- ting the need for the bill to be split. With Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chairman of the full Judiciary Committee acting as a referee, Senators Simpson and Abraham engaged in a spirited debate over when Abraham's amendment would allowed to be offered. At one point, Senator Simpson claimed he would invoke personal privilege and threatened that even if the bill was split, "I can still paste it all back on the floor." Eventually, Chairman Hatch ruled that the bill would be marked up title by title in chronological order, with Abraham able to offer his amendment at a later date. Shortly after noon, Hatch adjourned the markup until Thursday, March 7, during which Title I of the legislation, which deals with illegal immigration provisions, will be marked up. ********************************************************************* * PBS-L is IFCSS's news distribution list for individuals. To sign * * on or off from the list, please send email to listserv@ifcss.org * * leave the subject line open and put in the mail body: * * (For signing on) sub PBS-L last name first name * * (For signing off) unsub PBS-L last name first name * * For more information about IFCSS, write to ifcss-info@ifcss.org * *********************************************************************