That bill. H.R. 2712. would waive the 2year foreign residency requirement that applies to Chinese exchange visitors who are now in the United States. Absent this waiver. these Chinese studentssome 32.000 peoplewould have to return to China before they could apply for a visa to come here. The Senate amendment to H.R. 2712 would limit the availability of this waiver to only those students whose exchange visitor visas expire before June 5 of next year. I believe the House bill. which waives the 2year foreign residency requirement regardless of when it becomes applicable. provides greater assurances to the Chinese students and should be maintained. The Senate has also added a nongermane provision dealing with U.S. asylum policy concerning forced abortions. It seems to me that the immediate issue of protecting Chinese students here in the United States is utterly unrelated to this Senate provision and can only cause us to become engaged in an unnecessary debate.
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