Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of the motion to override President Bushs veto of H.R. 2712. the Chinese Students Immigration Relief Act. By any accepted measure of international human rights. the human rights abuses and antidemocratic practices by Chinese authorities are serious: at least 40 prodemocracy activists have been executed. and over 6.000 peopleaccording to official Chinese sourceshave been arrested. In the last 6 months. at least 800 students have been arrested. including many leaders of the prodemocracy demonstrations. The Chinese students currently in the United States deserve adequate protection. Instead of condemning the continuing crackdown on the prodemocracy forces. the administration looks the other way. resisting even the most minimal attempt to impact on or denounce the abuses.
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