I introduce a bill for the relief of Yick Yuen Lee. the adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. Soon Lee who are residents of my State. My bill would grant nonquota immigrant status to Yick Yuen Lee. a native and citizen of China and now living in Hong Kong. British Crown Colony. When Mr. and Mrs. Soon Lee were last in China in 1953 they took care of and became attached to the 3yearold son of Soon Lees nephew. and the adoption was subsequently entered into by a written agreement with the childs parents in Hong Kong in 1957. However. the adopted child was not in the physical custody of the adoptive parents for at least 2 years in China and therefore does not qualify for nonquota status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Mr. President. this is another case where a young life may be rescued from the bitter fate of poverty and starvation being endured by and facing the refugees and their children who have managed to escape from the Communist regime of the Peoples Chinese Republic. I ask for sympathetic consideration at the earliest possible time of the bill I am introducing for this purpose. that it be appropriately referred. and printed at this point in the RECORD.
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