President. the interim regulations for the Chinese Student Protection Act which go into effect today are. like most regulations. imperfect. Many of the students who qualify for protection under the act have dependents here or in China who do not qualify for the same protection. Further. the accounting mechanism which will allow as many as 80.000 Chinese nationals to adjust their status without significantly delaying the status of other immigrants who have been waiting has not been completely worked out. I have expressed my concerns to the Immigration and Naturalization Service in a letter last week and the INS has promised to work with Congress and Chinese students to produce an administrative solution to these problems. Despite these remaining questions. today is a day of hope--hope for a new life of freedom in the United States for Chinese students who otherwise would have been eligible for deportation on January 1. hope that some day some of the students who choose to remain in the United States will be able to return to a prosperous and democratic China. and above all hope that such legislation will never again be necessary. Today. Mr.
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