Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992
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The Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (CSPA) was a bill sponsored by U.S. Representative
Nancy Pelosi
(D-CA
) which granted permanent residency to all Chinese
nationals who arrived in the United States
on or before April 11, 1990. It made permanent a temporary ban on deportation
of Chinese nationals, extending the original amnesty for Chinese students President George H. W. Bush
had created with Executive Order 12711
.
One provision of the act was that permanent residency
status granted to a Chinese national under the act would subtract from the immigration spaces available in later years. The stated purpose of the CSPA was to prevent political persecution of Chinese students in the aftermath of the Tiananmen protests of 1989.
United States House of Representatives
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...
(D-CA
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
) which granted permanent residency to all Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
nationals who arrived in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on or before April 11, 1990. It made permanent a temporary ban on deportation
Deportation
Deportation means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today it often refers to the expulsion of foreign nationals whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation...
of Chinese nationals, extending the original amnesty for Chinese students President George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
had created with Executive Order 12711
Executive Order 12711
The Executive Order 12711 was issued by American president George H. W. Bush on 11 April 1990. It deferred deportation of Chinese nationals and their direct dependents who were in the US between 5 June 1989 and 11 April 1990, waived the 2-year home country residency requirement, and gave them...
.
One provision of the act was that permanent residency
Permanent residency
Permanent residency refers to a person's visa status: the person is allowed to reside indefinitely within a country of which he or she is not a citizen. A person with such status is known as a permanent resident....
status granted to a Chinese national under the act would subtract from the immigration spaces available in later years. The stated purpose of the CSPA was to prevent political persecution of Chinese students in the aftermath of the Tiananmen protests of 1989.