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China News Digest - US Regional Services (Bo Xiong) --------------- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 95 19:47:52 GMT From: hq@ifcss.org To: pbs-l@ifcss.org, council-l@ifcss.org Cc: china-nt@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU, ccnl@utarlvm1.uta.edu Subject: HQ NR #7054: Update Information on Simpson's Bill Status: R Content-Length: 7399 Please forward it to your local Community - Thank you * * * N E W S R E L E A S E 7054 * * * _________ November 15, 1995 __________ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ ____ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ &^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^ IFCSS Foundation, Inc. 733 15th Street, NW Suite 440 Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: (202) 347-0017 Fax: (202) 347-0018 &=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&= Update Information on Simpson's Bill 1. More than twenty local CSSAs or coordinators nationawide start to mobilize their local communities to respond to the bill S 1394, as we are informed. The proposed strategies, listed in HQ NR #7052, are, to forward the relevant messages and sample letters to Chinese community or other ethnic groups, to reach your President and deans of univer- sities, and CEOs of your employers if you are in business society. * * * * * 2. IFCSS HQ has got very positive response from NASFA officials, and NAFSA has initiated a campaign nationwide to appeal to all foreign students and educators for immediate actions. * * * * * 3. Simpson Bill S 1394, originally scheduled for mark-up on 15 - 16 of November, has now been postponed until Nobvember 29th for a varie- ty of reasons, which will grant more opportunities for the public to respond. * * * * * 4. Senators will have a Thanksgivings Recess, and will be at their home districts from November 17th through the 27th of November. Please schedule fax or letter drives directed to their district offi- ces, or visits with the Senators during the recess to weigh in on the Simpson Bill. * * * * * 5. Among seven members of the subcommittee, three are the Democrats which many lobbyists bear hope for. They are Edward Kennedy (MA), Paul Simon (ILL) and Dianne Feinstein (CA). We must make every effor- ts to show them that anti-business and anti-immigration bill S 1394 is against the will of the business society, the interests of the United States, and undermine the competitive strength in the world both in a short and long run. Senator Arlen Specter (PA) is one of Republic Presidential Candidate for 1996, who has been undertaking a vigorous campaign. He is supposed to listen to constituents' voice more patiently. * * * * * 6. IFCSS has still in the process of preparing public advertisements in major news medis which depends on the support of CSS community. As suggested by many members in the past 48 hrs, we will put "Wall Street Journal" as the top priority. Please rush the donations to the IFCSS Headquarters: 733 15th St. N.W. Suite 440, Washington D.C.20005. * * * * * 7. Several pieces of messages are followed for your reference: A Letter to the President of University of Michigan prepared by "Stop S 1394 Working Committee). We suggest all CSSA or other CSS organiza- tions on campuses do the same thing as soon as possible: Dear President Duderstadt: We are writing to bring to your attention the anti-immigration bill that will be put on vote on November 16th in the U.S. Senate Immgration Subcommittee, the passage of which will substantially jeopardize the interests of our university. Recently, US Senator Allen Simpson has introduced a bill in the senate which will restrict the ability of US colleges and universities to attract and retain foreign students and scholars. Currently, there are 4,100 foreign students from over 100 nations enrolled at all levels of learning at the University of Michigan; and a substantial number of post-degree foreign professionals work for the university as professors, research scientists, lecturers, research associates, technicians, and postdocs. If the aforesaid bill passes, its implementation will only adversely affect institutions such as ours because a major source of talented and qualified undergraduate, professional, graduate students and postdocs will be effectively eliminated. The closure of employment opportunities for foreign-born professionals will inevitably lead to an outflow of a great number of bright and hard-working foreign students and post-docs from our universities and will eventually devastate our university's ability to attract the best pools of young students and scholars from abroad. The National Association of Foreign Student Advisors has put out an urgent call opposing this bill. Deans and presidents of colleges and universities throughout the nation are writing letters and making phone calls to their senators urging them to vote NO on this impending bill scheduled for floor votes on Nov.16. The magnitude of this vehement campaign mirrors what happened earlier this summer on the funding crisis for scientific research. This fight is more serious because it threatens the supply and quality of a work force and student community; a struggle you endorsed through the Michigan Mandate; a struggle in which we are only beginning to realize success. As a leader in one of the key public institutions for learning, your opinion and persuasions on this issue will play a significant role when the Senators are trying to make informed decisions on this bill. We hereby urge you to join us in our fight against this bill and issue an official letter to oppose this immigration bill, S 1394! Sincerely, STOP S1394 WORKING COMMITTEE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ____ ____ ____ Two automatic mailing accounts have been established for sending mails directly to all seven Senators by friends in UCLA and U. Mich. immigration@sunlab.ph.ucla.edu stop_s1394@umich.edu ____ ____ ____ 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 Dannie Fenstein D-CA 202 224 3841 228 3954 ********************************************************************* * PBS-L is IFCSS's news distribution list for individuals. 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