Like their counterparts at home. many of them rallied for democracy and spoke out against the Communist Beijing government. Their actions certainly did not go unnoticedespecially by the Communists in China. If forced to return to China. these students would be marked and subject to arrest. torture. and even execution because they spoke their minds. expressed their true hopes for the future. and took advantage of President Bushs visa extension for their own safety. The freedoms of speech. assembly. and press that we take for granted here in the United States are viewed as crimes by the Communist Chinese and would be used against these students upon their return to China in its current political environment. While President Bush has already provided most of the needed protections through Executive order. and I applaud him for doing so.