Indeed. signing H.R. 2712 into law will indirectly send a valuable message to Beijing: "The United States condemns your violent suppression of the prodemocracy forces. We cannot overlook such brutality. The letter to the President continues: One provision of H.R. 2712 deserves special mention. It requires the Attorney General to implement a policy providing asylum or refugee status to Chinese nationals who could face compelled abortion or sterilization upon return. This provision. we believe. reflects your own abhorrence of Chinas coercive family planning programs. Just this week. you vetoed the foreign aid appropriations bill. partly because it provides money to an agency that funds Chinese population control programs.