The bill. the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1991. will make sure that students from China studying here in the United States will have the full assurance of Congress that they will not be sent back to their homeland against their will. I am well aware. as I am sure are most of my colleagues. that under Presidential Executive order. those Chinese students studying in our Nation will be protected until January 1. 1994. but what will happen beyond that date remains a mystery. The bill that Senator GORTON and I are introducing today will allow these students to stay in our Nation until January 1. 1994. and will allow them to change their current immigration status within that time. In addition. should the President certify 3 months prior to the January 1. 1994. deadline that it is not safe for these students to return to China. then these students would be allowed to apply for temporary resident status in the United States. This would be the first step toward American citizenship.
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