Subject: Unix vi format

From: [email-masked] (Mi Mi)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 16:22:03 CDT

>From [email-masked] Fri Sep 10 15:36:05 1993
Date:     Fri, 10 Sep 93 12:31:21 PDT
>From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Message-Id:  <[email-masked]>
Status: R

Dear LADs-Net Netters:

For saving your time, I have formated the five petition letters separately with
UNIX vi editor. Please use this well-formated file to print your personal petition
letters if you work on UNIX. Let's help the LAD committee
members and also help ourselves.

The following is the formated letters:

==============================================================================
.ND 
.nr LL 6.0i
.nr PO 1.25i
.nr HM 1.25i
.ds CF
.ds CH
.nr PS 10
.nr VS 12
.in 4.5i
.LP
.B
September 9, 1993
.in 0i
.R
.LP
.br
Madam Rita A.Boie
.br
Senior Immigration Examier
.br
Adjudication Branch
.br
Immigration & Naturalization Services
.br
425 I Street NW, room 5307
.br
Washington, DC 20536
.br
FAX: (202)514-0198
.sp
.nr PS 11
.nr VS 15
\fBRE: Chinese Student Protection Act (CSPA)\fR
.sp 2 
.LP
\fBDear Madam Rita Boie:\fR
.sp 0.5v
.LP
We, a group of concerned individuals who have signed 
our names and addresses below, would like to call your 
kindly attention to the following problems involved in 
subjecting Late-Arriving Dependents (LAD) of CSPA principals 
to the China quota.
.LP
.sp
(1) According to the survey made by the Headquarters of 
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars 
(IFCSS HQ), there are approximately 10000 eligible LADs in 
the U.S., who may file their applications under EB-3 or FB-2 
during this August and September. Since the annual China 
quota in EB-3 or FB-2 is about 2500, these LADs only will 
cause a backlog in China's quota for at least four years. 
This means that no other Chinese nationals can file 
applications for adjustment of status under EB-3 or FB-2 
categories in the next four years. What is worse, according 
to the INS Cable on August 13, those undocumented Chinese 
nationals who came before April 11, 1990 and have since 
obtained an advance parole to re-enter the U.S. are now 
allowed to apply under CSPA. While this new decision 
reflects the humanitarian and protective spirit embedded in 
the Executive Order 12711, these additional applicants with 
their LADs actually face even greater difficulties, because 
most of their LADs are queued after the existing pool of 
LADs whose principals entered the United States legally. 
These people, then, will be subject to an even longer period 
of family separation. In addition, the unpredictable number 
of LADs of undocumented Chinese nationals will jam the 
normal China EB-3 and FB-2 categories for even more years. 
The traditional values of family ties, family unity and 
humanity, cherished so dearly by the American people, are 
also deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and in every 
Chinese family. The anticipated long separation due to visa 
quota allocation will surely bring agony and misery to those 
families, in contradiction to the humanitarian spirit 
embedded in the INA, Executive order 12711 and CSPA.
.LP
.sp
(2) For dependents still remaining in China, the 
situation is even more bleak. These individuals, most of 
whom are minor children, as our survey of our LADs community 
shows, would be required to wait in China until visa numbers 
are available. They could potentially be separated from 
their parents for many years. The separation will not only 
deprive these minor children of their much needed parental 
care, but also strain the precious family ties in those 
families. In addition, many of the dependents, both in the 
U.S. and in China, who are now considered children, might 
reach the age of 21 prior to visa availability. This would 
disqualify them for visa issuance.
.LP
.sp
\fBTo solve these problems, we would like to suggest the following:\fR
.sp o.5v
.IP (1)
Re-allocate the LADs into the world quota. Since 
the CSPA principals have been allocated into the world-wide 
quota leftovers for fiscal year 1993, it is reasonable to 
assume that there might be similar world-wide quota 
leftovers for the next few years. Instead of wasting these 
leftover world-wide quotas while letting the LADs block 
China's regular EB-3 and EB-2 channels, re-allocating LADs 
to the world quota would solve the backlog problem, thus 
benefiting many Chinese families at the expense of no-one.
.sp 0.5v
.IP (2) 
Establish a blanket family unity program to include 
all late-arriving dependents. This program should mirror the 
benefits of Executive Order 12711 in: 
.in 0.8i
.IP (a) 
giving favorable 
considerations to the dependents in China who request non-
immigrant visas to visit their family in the U.S., so that 
their visa application will not be simply rejected due to 
the "immigration intent"; 
.IP (b) 
presuming the non-immigrant 
status of LADs for adjustment purposes, so as to eliminate 
the DED problem faced by an estimated 50% of the LAD population; 
.IP (c) 
providing liberal advance paroles; 
.IP (d) 
providing employment authorization for the dependents while 
their applications are being processed; and 
.IP (e) 
allowing children who are under twenty-one on the date of the CSPA 
principal's approval to be eligible for adjustment, even if 
they are over twenty-one at the date of application for such 
adjustment. This family unity program should solve problems 
in the case by case voluntary departure program and shorten 
family separation resulting from non-immigrant visa denial.
.in 0i
.sp
.LP
Thank you for your attention. We are most anxiously 
looking forward to hearing from you.
.LP
.sp
.in 3.6i
Sincerely yours,
.br
.sp4
(Name)
.br
(Address)
.br
(City, Zip)
.br
(Tel:)
 ==================================
==========================================
==
.ND 
.nr LL 6.0i
.nr PO 1.25i
.nr HM 1.25i
.ds CF
.ds CH
.nr PS 10
.nr VS 12
.in 4.5i
.LP
.B
September 9, 1993
.in 0i
.R
.LP
.br
White House:
.br
The Honorable William Clinton
.br
The White House
.br
Washington DC 20500
.br
FAX: (202) 456-2461
.br
.sp
.nr PS 11
.nr VS 15
\fBRE: Chinese Student Protection Act (CSPA)\fR
.sp 2 
.LP
\fBDear Mr. Clinton:\fR
.sp 0.5v
.LP
We, a group of concerned individuals who have signed 
our names and addresses below, would like to call your 
kindly attention to the following problems involved in 
subjecting Late-Arriving Dependents (LAD) of CSPA principals 
to the China quota.
.LP
.sp
(1) According to the survey made by the Headquarters of 
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars 
(IFCSS HQ), there are approximately 10000 eligible LADs in 
the U.S., who may file their applications under EB-3 or FB-2 
during this August and September. Since the annual China 
quota in EB-3 or FB-2 is about 2500, these LADs only will 
cause a backlog in China's quota for at least four years. 
This means that no other Chinese nationals can file 
applications for adjustment of status under EB-3 or FB-2 
categories in the next four years. What is worse, according 
to the INS Cable on August 13, those undocumented Chinese 
nationals who came before April 11, 1990 and have since 
obtained an advance parole to re-enter the U.S. are now 
allowed to apply under CSPA. While this new decision 
reflects the humanitarian and protective spirit embedded in 
the Executive Order 12711, these additional applicants with 
their LADs actually face even greater difficulties, because 
most of their LADs are queued after the existing pool of 
LADs whose principals entered the United States legally. 
These people, then, will be subject to an even longer period 
of family separation. In addition, the unpredictable number 
of LADs of undocumented Chinese nationals will jam the 
normal China EB-3 and FB-2 categories for even more years. 
The traditional values of family ties, family unity and 
humanity, cherished so dearly by the American people, are 
also deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and in every 
Chinese family. The anticipated long separation due to visa 
quota allocation will surely bring agony and misery to those 
families, in contradiction to the humanitarian spirit 
embedded in the INA, Executive order 12711 and CSPA.
.LP
.sp
(2) For dependents still remaining in China, the 
situation is even more bleak. These individuals, most of 
whom are minor children, as our survey of our LADs community 
shows, would be required to wait in China until visa numbers 
are available. They could potentially be separated from 
their parents for many years. The separation will not only 
deprive these minor children of their much needed parental 
care, but also strain the precious family ties in those 
families. In addition, many of the dependents, both in the 
U.S. and in China, who are now considered children, might 
reach the age of 21 prior to visa availability. This would 
disqualify them for visa issuance.
.LP
.sp
\fBTo solve these problems, we would like to suggest the following:\fR
.sp o.5v
.IP (1)
Re-allocate the LADs into the world quota. Since 
the CSPA principals have been allocated into the world-wide 
quota leftovers for fiscal year 1993, it is reasonable to 
assume that there might be similar world-wide quota 
leftovers for the next few years. Instead of wasting these 
leftover world-wide quotas while letting the LADs block 
China's regular EB-3 and EB-2 channels, re-allocating LADs 
to the world quota would solve the backlog problem, thus 
benefiting many Chinese families at the expense of no-one.
.sp 0.5v
.IP (2) 
Establish a blanket family unity program to include 
all late-arriving dependents. This program should mirror the 
benefits of Executive Order 12711 in: 
.in 0.8i
.IP (a) 
giving favorable 
considerations to the dependents in China who request non-
immigrant visas to visit their family in the U.S., so that 
their visa application will not be simply rejected due to 
the "immigration intent"; 
.IP (b) 
presuming the non-immigrant 
status of LADs for adjustment purposes, so as to eliminate 
the DED problem faced by an estimated 50% of the LAD population; 
.IP (c) 
providing liberal advance paroles; 
.IP (d) 
providing employment authorization for the dependents while 
their applications are being processed; and 
.IP (e) 
allowing children who are under twenty-one on the date of the CSPA 
principal's approval to be eligible for adjustment, even if 
they are over twenty-one at the date of application for such 
adjustment. This family unity program should solve problems 
in the case by case voluntary departure program and shorten 
family separation resulting from non-immigrant visa denial.
.in 0i
.sp
.LP
Thank you for your attention. We are most anxiously 
looking forward to hearing from you.
.LP
.sp
.in 3.6i
Sincerely yours,
.br
.sp4
(Name)
.br
(Address)
.br
(City, Zip)
.br
(Tel:)
 ==================================
==========================================
==
.ND 
.nr LL 6.0i
.nr PO 1.25i
.nr HM 1.25i
.ds CF
.ds CH
.nr PS 10
.nr VS 12
.in 4.5i
.LP
.B
September 9, 1993
.in 0i
.R
.LP
.br
Attorney General
.br
The Honorable Madam Janet Reno
.br
U.S. Attorney General
.br
Fax: (202) 514-4371
.br
.sp
.nr PS 11
.nr VS 15
\fBRE: Chinese Student Protection Act (CSPA)\fR
.sp 2 
.LP
\fBDear Madam Reno:\fR
.sp 0.5v
.LP
We, a group of concerned individuals who have signed 
our names and addresses below, would like to call your 
kindly attention to the following problems involved in 
subjecting Late-Arriving Dependents (LAD) of CSPA principals 
to the China quota.
.LP
.sp
(1) According to the survey made by the Headquarters of 
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars 
(IFCSS HQ), there are approximately 10000 eligible LADs in 
the U.S., who may file their applications under EB-3 or FB-2 
during this August and September. Since the annual China 
quota in EB-3 or FB-2 is about 2500, these LADs only will 
cause a backlog in China's quota for at least four years. 
This means that no other Chinese nationals can file 
applications for adjustment of status under EB-3 or FB-2 
categories in the next four years. What is worse, according 
to the INS Cable on August 13, those undocumented Chinese 
nationals who came before April 11, 1990 and have since 
obtained an advance parole to re-enter the U.S. are now 
allowed to apply under CSPA. While this new decision 
reflects the humanitarian and protective spirit embedded in 
the Executive Order 12711, these additional applicants with 
their LADs actually face even greater difficulties, because 
most of their LADs are queued after the existing pool of 
LADs whose principals entered the United States legally. 
These people, then, will be subject to an even longer period 
of family separation. In addition, the unpredictable number 
of LADs of undocumented Chinese nationals will jam the 
normal China EB-3 and FB-2 categories for even more years. 
The traditional values of family ties, family unity and 
humanity, cherished so dearly by the American people, are 
also deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and in every 
Chinese family. The anticipated long separation due to visa 
quota allocation will surely bring agony and misery to those 
families, in contradiction to the humanitarian spirit 
embedded in the INA, Executive order 12711 and CSPA.
.LP
.sp
(2) For dependents still remaining in China, the 
situation is even more bleak. These individuals, most of 
whom are minor children, as our survey of our LADs community 
shows, would be required to wait in China until visa numbers 
are available. They could potentially be separated from 
their parents for many years. The separation will not only 
deprive these minor children of their much needed parental 
care, but also strain the precious family ties in those 
families. In addition, many of the dependents, both in the 
U.S. and in China, who are now considered children, might 
reach the age of 21 prior to visa availability. This would 
disqualify them for visa issuance.
.LP
.sp
\fBTo solve these problems, we would like to suggest the following:\fR
.sp o.5v
.IP (1)
Re-allocate the LADs into the world quota. Since 
the CSPA principals have been allocated into the world-wide 
quota leftovers for fiscal year 1993, it is reasonable to 
assume that there might be similar world-wide quota 
leftovers for the next few years. Instead of wasting these 
leftover world-wide quotas while letting the LADs block 
China's regular EB-3 and EB-2 channels, re-allocating LADs 
to the world quota would solve the backlog problem, thus 
benefiting many Chinese families at the expense of no-one.
.sp 0.5v
.IP (2) 
Establish a blanket family unity program to include 
all late-arriving dependents. This program should mirror the 
benefits of Executive Order 12711 in: 
.in 0.8i
.IP (a) 
giving favorable 
considerations to the dependents in China who request non-
immigrant visas to visit their family in the U.S., so that 
their visa application will not be simply rejected due to 
the "immigration intent"; 
.IP (b) 
presuming the non-immigrant 
status of LADs for adjustment purposes, so as to eliminate 
the DED problem faced by an estimated 50% of the LAD population; 
.IP (c) 
providing liberal advance paroles; 
.IP (d) 
providing employment authorization for the dependents while 
their applications are being processed; and 
.IP (e) 
allowing children who are under twenty-one on the date of the CSPA 
principal's approval to be eligible for adjustment, even if 
they are over twenty-one at the date of application for such 
adjustment. This family unity program should solve problems 
in the case by case voluntary departure program and shorten 
family separation resulting from non-immigrant visa denial.
.in 0i
.sp
.LP
Thank you for your attention. We are most anxiously 
looking forward to hearing from you.
.LP
.sp
.in 3.6i
Sincerely yours,
.br
.sp4
(Name)
.br
(Address)
.br
(City, Zip)
.br
(Tel:)
 ==================================
==========================================
==
.ND 
.nr LL 6.0i
.nr PO 1.25i
.nr HM 1.25i
.ds CF
.ds CH
.nr PS 10
.nr VS 12
.in 4.5i
.LP
.B
September 9, 1993
.in 0i
.R
.LP
.br
Ms. Philis Coven
.br
Assistant to Attorney General
.br
Fax:(202)-514-0238
.br
.sp
.nr PS 11
.nr VS 15
\fBRE: Chinese Student Protection Act (CSPA)\fR
.sp 2 
.LP
\fBDear Ms. Coven:\fR
.sp 0.5v
.LP
We, a group of concerned individuals who have signed 
our names and addresses below, would like to call your 
kindly attention to the following problems involved in 
subjecting Late-Arriving Dependents (LAD) of CSPA principals 
to the China quota.
.LP
.sp
(1) According to the survey made by the Headquarters of 
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars 
(IFCSS HQ), there are approximately 10000 eligible LADs in 
the U.S., who may file their applications under EB-3 or FB-2 
during this August and September. Since the annual China 
quota in EB-3 or FB-2 is about 2500, these LADs only will 
cause a backlog in China's quota for at least four years. 
This means that no other Chinese nationals can file 
applications for adjustment of status under EB-3 or FB-2 
categories in the next four years. What is worse, according 
to the INS Cable on August 13, those undocumented Chinese 
nationals who came before April 11, 1990 and have since 
obtained an advance parole to re-enter the U.S. are now 
allowed to apply under CSPA. While this new decision 
reflects the humanitarian and protective spirit embedded in 
the Executive Order 12711, these additional applicants with 
their LADs actually face even greater difficulties, because 
most of their LADs are queued after the existing pool of 
LADs whose principals entered the United States legally. 
These people, then, will be subject to an even longer period 
of family separation. In addition, the unpredictable number 
of LADs of undocumented Chinese nationals will jam the 
normal China EB-3 and FB-2 categories for even more years. 
The traditional values of family ties, family unity and 
humanity, cherished so dearly by the American people, are 
also deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and in every 
Chinese family. The anticipated long separation due to visa 
quota allocation will surely bring agony and misery to those 
families, in contradiction to the humanitarian spirit 
embedded in the INA, Executive order 12711 and CSPA.
.LP
.sp
(2) For dependents still remaining in China, the 
situation is even more bleak. These individuals, most of 
whom are minor children, as our survey of our LADs community 
shows, would be required to wait in China until visa numbers 
are available. They could potentially be separated from 
their parents for many years. The separation will not only 
deprive these minor children of their much needed parental 
care, but also strain the precious family ties in those 
families. In addition, many of the dependents, both in the 
U.S. and in China, who are now considered children, might 
reach the age of 21 prior to visa availability. This would 
disqualify them for visa issuance.
.LP
.sp
\fBTo solve these problems, we would like to suggest the following:\fR
.sp o.5v
.IP (1)
Re-allocate the LADs into the world quota. Since 
the CSPA principals have been allocated into the world-wide 
quota leftovers for fiscal year 1993, it is reasonable to 
assume that there might be similar world-wide quota 
leftovers for the next few years. Instead of wasting these 
leftover world-wide quotas while letting the LADs block 
China's regular EB-3 and EB-2 channels, re-allocating LADs 
to the world quota would solve the backlog problem, thus 
benefiting many Chinese families at the expense of no-one.
.sp 0.5v
.IP (2) 
Establish a blanket family unity program to include 
all late-arriving dependents. This program should mirror the 
benefits of Executive Order 12711 in: 
.in 0.8i
.IP (a) 
giving favorable 
considerations to the dependents in China who request non-
immigrant visas to visit their family in the U.S., so that 
their visa application will not be simply rejected due to 
the "immigration intent"; 
.IP (b) 
presuming the non-immigrant 
status of LADs for adjustment purposes, so as to eliminate 
the DED problem faced by an estimated 50% of the LAD population; 
.IP (c) 
providing liberal advance paroles; 
.IP (d) 
providing employment authorization for the dependents while 
their applications are being processed; and 
.IP (e) 
allowing children who are under twenty-one on the date of the CSPA 
principal's approval to be eligible for adjustment, even if 
they are over twenty-one at the date of application for such 
adjustment. This family unity program should solve problems 
in the case by case voluntary departure program and shorten 
family separation resulting from non-immigrant visa denial.
.in 0i
.sp
.LP
Thank you for your attention. We are most anxiously 
looking forward to hearing from you.
.LP
.sp
.in 3.6i
Sincerely yours,
.br
.sp4
(Name)
.br
(Address)
.br
(City, Zip)
.br
(Tel:)
 ==================================
==========================================
==
.ND 
.nr LL 6.0i
.nr PO 1.25i
.nr HM 1.25i
.ds CF
.ds CH
.nr PS 10
.nr VS 12
.in 4.5i
.LP
.B
September 9, 1993
.in 0i
.R
.LP
.br
Mr. Eric Schwartz
.br
Director of Refugees & Humanitarian Affairs
.br
National Security Council
.br
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
.br
Washington D.C. 20506
.br
.sp
.nr PS 11
.nr VS 15
\fBRE: Chinese Student Protection Act (CSPA)\fR
.sp 2 
.LP
\fBDear Mr. Schwartz:\fR
.sp 0.5v
.LP
We, a group of concerned individuals who have signed 
our names and addresses below, would like to call your 
kindly attention to the following problems involved in 
subjecting Late-Arriving Dependents (LAD) of CSPA principals 
to the China quota.
.LP
.sp
(1) According to the survey made by the Headquarters of 
the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars 
(IFCSS HQ), there are approximately 10000 eligible LADs in 
the U.S., who may file their applications under EB-3 or FB-2 
during this August and September. Since the annual China 
quota in EB-3 or FB-2 is about 2500, these LADs only will 
cause a backlog in China's quota for at least four years. 
This means that no other Chinese nationals can file 
applications for adjustment of status under EB-3 or FB-2 
categories in the next four years. What is worse, according 
to the INS Cable on August 13, those undocumented Chinese 
nationals who came before April 11, 1990 and have since 
obtained an advance parole to re-enter the U.S. are now 
allowed to apply under CSPA. While this new decision 
reflects the humanitarian and protective spirit embedded in 
the Executive Order 12711, these additional applicants with 
their LADs actually face even greater difficulties, because 
most of their LADs are queued after the existing pool of 
LADs whose principals entered the United States legally. 
These people, then, will be subject to an even longer period 
of family separation. In addition, the unpredictable number 
of LADs of undocumented Chinese nationals will jam the 
normal China EB-3 and FB-2 categories for even more years. 
The traditional values of family ties, family unity and 
humanity, cherished so dearly by the American people, are 
also deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and in every 
Chinese family. The anticipated long separation due to visa 
quota allocation will surely bring agony and misery to those 
families, in contradiction to the humanitarian spirit 
embedded in the INA, Executive order 12711 and CSPA.
.LP
.sp
(2) For dependents still remaining in China, the 
situation is even more bleak. These individuals, most of 
whom are minor children, as our survey of our LADs community 
shows, would be required to wait in China until visa numbers 
are available. They could potentially be separated from 
their parents for many years. The separation will not only 
deprive these minor children of their much needed parental 
care, but also strain the precious family ties in those 
families. In addition, many of the dependents, both in the 
U.S. and in China, who are now considered children, might 
reach the age of 21 prior to visa availability. This would 
disqualify them for visa issuance.
.LP
.sp
\fBTo solve these problems, we would like to suggest the following:\fR
.sp o.5v
.IP (1)
Re-allocate the LADs into the world quota. Since 
the CSPA principals have been allocated into the world-wide 
quota leftovers for fiscal year 1993, it is reasonable to 
assume that there might be similar world-wide quota 
leftovers for the next few years. Instead of wasting these 
leftover world-wide quotas while letting the LADs block 
China's regular EB-3 and EB-2 channels, re-allocating LADs 
to the world quota would solve the backlog problem, thus 
benefiting many Chinese families at the expense of no-one.
.sp 0.5v
.IP (2) 
Establish a blanket family unity program to include 
all late-arriving dependents. This program should mirror the 
benefits of Executive Order 12711 in: 
.in 0.8i
.IP (a) 
giving favorable 
considerations to the dependents in China who request non-
immigrant visas to visit their family in the U.S., so that 
their visa application will not be simply rejected due to 
the "immigration intent"; 
.IP (b) 
presuming the non-immigrant 
status of LADs for adjustment purposes, so as to eliminate 
the DED problem faced by an estimated 50% of the LAD population; 
.IP (c) 
providing liberal advance paroles; 
.IP (d) 
providing employment authorization for the dependents while 
their applications are being processed; and 
.IP (e) 
allowing children who are under twenty-one on the date of the CSPA 
principal's approval to be eligible for adjustment, even if 
they are over twenty-one at the date of application for such 
adjustment. This family unity program should solve problems 
in the case by case voluntary departure program and shorten 
family separation resulting from non-immigrant visa denial.
.in 0i
.sp
.LP
Thank you for your attention. We are most anxiously 
looking forward to hearing from you.
.LP
.sp
.in 3.6i
Sincerely yours,
.br
.sp4
(Name)
.br
(Address)
.br
(City, Zip)
.br
(Tel:)
 ==================================
==========================================
==