Subject: the total number of lads

From: [email-masked] (Mi Mi)
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 21:53:15 CDT

>> we will not protest it like mad as we did for CNN :-).
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>Yeah, because it really makes us lose face.
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No, I can hardly agree. I will not take all of the ill-behavior of the others
as mine. Mafia is not Chinese, right? Each people has her own gangsters. 
Undocumented Chinese are not gangsters. Although I do not agree with their
method to enter U.S., but, the way to enter U.S. is much much too dangerous,
too expensive and difficult, and too less could possibly make the trip for 
Chinese than any other nationalities. So, I am sympathetic to their plight. 
That was why we fought CNN for the correct numbers. First of all, we are 
Chinese, the second is we are Chinese, and the last thing is, we ARE Chinese!

The following is our letter to CNN.

Mi Mi
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Mr. Lin Huang
National Coordinator
CBSIC
3044 Albany Crescent 1G
Bronx, NY 10463
Telephone: (718) 548-9114
[email-masked].
edu
July 26, 1994
Mr. Casey Wian
CNN Business News
6430 Sunset Blvd. Suite 300
Los Angeles,  CA 90028

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Mr. Lou Dobbs
Moneyline
CNN Business News
5 Penn Plaza, 20th floor
NY,  NY 10001

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Mr. Eric Gonon
Producer
CNN Business News
5 Penn Plaza, 20th floor
NY,  NY 10001

Dear Mr. Eric Gonon,

	We appreciate your acknowledgment in July 20's Moneyline in 
responding to the protest from the Chinese-American community. 
You have shown that you care about your viewers, care about 
fairness, accuracy and credibility in your news reports. However, 
we noted that there were still some far-fetched data and improper 
innuendoes in the program.

	As stated in our previous letter, the inaccurate and 
groundless allegation that as much as 20 billion dollars from the 
US taxpayers may have been spent on the illegal Chinese 
immigrants every year could cause, and may already have generated 
resentments in the American public to the Chinese-American 
community around the country. We are extremely concerned about 
the impact of Monday's report and the repeatedly running 
promotion last weekend.

	According to the official US government documents, which are 
based on scientific surveys and statistics, the Chinese illegal 
immigrants is less than 0.8% of the total illegal immigrant 
population [*]. It is much lower than many other ethnic groups. 
As a demonstrative example, in New York City which draws more 
than half of the illegal Chinese immigrants in the country, 
Chinese illegal immigrants ranked only 13th among other ethnic 
groups, lower than those from some developed countries [**]. The 
extremely questionable 10% figure quoted by Mr. Wian, which 
amounts to hundreds of thousands, is from private sources, which 
is to be validated for its accuracy and credibility. A balanced 
report should at least quote the official US government 
statistics.

	Even if we grant full credit to the investigative capability 
of your private sources, Mr. Williard Myers, who was the major 
interviewee in your program and your major source, an expert on 
Chinese illegal immigrants, authorized us to make the following 
statement:

	"Other than direct expenses of enforcing the law, the 
Chinese who has entered the US by irregular means do not cost a 
penny from the US government and American taxpayers". 

	To the contrary, Mr. Myers pointed out, in his communication 
with us, that the Chinese illegal immigrants make positive 
contributions to the US economy and American society by working 
in Chinese owned businesses, which has been expanding by the 
extra source of labor. To express it explicitly, they do NOT take 
other Americans' job away! Furthermore, contrary to the 
impression caused by other sectors of illegal immigrant 
population, the Chinese illegal immigrants do not rely on social 
welfare provided by the US government.

	Therefore the report is irrelevant to Moneyline because the 
financial aspect of the report is totally groundless and a pure 
extravaganza. The Chinese American community, as part of the 
people of this nation, shares the anxiety of most Americans about 
the illegal immigrant problem and welcomes a balanced report 
which covers not only the Haitians, the Mexicans and the Chinese, 
but also the illegal immigrants from other countries. However, 
singling out the Chinese as scapegoats just because the images of 
the boat people are striking and "news worthy" seems to have left 
the high standard of journalism, which CNN has always held, 
behind. This will not contribute to the racial harmony all of us 
are striving for in this great nation.

	Based on the aforementioned facts, we believe that it is 
fair for us to ask you to acknowledge on Moneyline that your 
program and the ongoing promotion have created a wrong 
impression, that is, the illegal Chinese immigrants are coming to 
America taking bread and butter away from our dining tables!

	The public has the right to know the truth, and the Chinese 
Americans, who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from 
last few hundred years just like most people in our country, have 
the right to be cleared from images of any evil intent. We cannot 
tolerate any accusations and reports which may stir up anti-
Chinese sentiment, and we are paying attention to the media to 
assure fairness and accuracy, and to fight any racist 
allegations. An air apology and clarification of facts will be 
very helpful on this regard.

	Thank you for your precious time and attention to the 
matter.

Sincerely

Huang Lin

CC: 	Mr. Casey Wian
	Mr. Lou Dobbs
Enclosures

[*]	See reports on Los Angels Times, Nov. 26, 1993.

	Illegal immigrants population
	1992 National total: 3,217,800

  Region/country                      U.S. Total
 -North and Central American         2,096,300

 -Asia                                 339,400
       Philippines                     101,500
       other Asian                      99,300
       Iran                             37,400
       India                            30,400
       Israel                           28,000
       China                            24,200
       Lebanon                          18,600

 -Europe                               316,600
 -South America                        204,000
 -Africa                               124,000
 -Oceania                               16,300
 -Stateless/unknown                    121,200

[**]  See reports on New York TImes, Sep. 2, 1993.

  Largest Illegal Alien Groups in New York
 (Sources:  INS; NY City Dept. of City Planning)

  Ecuador                 27,100
  Italy                   26,800
  Poland                  25,800
  Dominican Republic      25,600
  Colombia                24,500
  Haiti                   21,400
  Jamaica                 21,200
  Trinidad and Tobago     20,500
  Ireland                 16,900
  El Salvador             15,300
  Pakistan                14,600
  Israel                  13,500
  China                   12,700
  ...

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