Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992

Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992

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.[1] 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.

References

  1. ^ "Legislation from 1981-1996". http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/Legislation%20from%201981-1996.pdf. 

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