Subject: A comment on lobby letter from a netter

From: [email-masked] (Miao Ye)
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 93 02:38:46 CDT

My comment on the lobby letter to INS HQ to try to ease Birth Certificate
Requirement:

I basically agree with the points in the letter. But the language used
seems to be too exaggerating. Since the majority of Chinese students here
(as far as I know) have Birth Certificate from China, it's hard to
convince INS that all those people are committing "massive crimes" (quote
from the letter), especially because Birth Certificate is the reqirement
in normal procedure which many Chinese have used in the past to get green
cards. It might be better to soften the tone. Besides, the actually more
irrational practice of some INS local offices: asking for documents 
certified by American consulates, is not addressed in the letter, although
it's briefly mentioned in the beginning.