Mr. Speaker. today I rise In support of the veto override of the Emergency Chinese Student Relief Act. This bill will waive for 4 years. for Chinese students with Jvisas. the currentlaw requirement that holders of Jvisas must return to their home country for at least 2 years before applying for an adjustment of their immigration status. This bill is vitally important in order to provide legal protection to the 73.000 Chinese students who were in the United States during the Tiananmen Square upheaval. The Presidents directive to the Immigration and Naturalization Service is not adequate for a number of reasons. First of all. it is without legal validity because a number of its provisions are in direct conflict with the existing immigration law. In addition. the directive can be withdrawn or modified at any time. Last. it gives the wrong message to the regime in Beijing.
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