PRC nationals have been granted political asylum in the United States after they or their spouses were placed under duress to submit to abortions. The February 5. 1989. edition of the Washington Post reported on a decision by U.S. Immigration Judge Bernard J. Hornbach to grant political asylum to Yun Pan Lee. The Post reported that Lee was granted political asylum because "he would be persecuted by Chinas strict populationcontrol policies if he were forced to return home." On April 10. 1988. the Washington Post published an expose by anthropologist Steven Mosher which revealed the length to which some Chinese Government officials will go to enforce the birth quota policy.
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