A coalition of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in exile has issued a plea to Congress to pass legislation that will grant refugee status to those with “well-founded fears of persecution” by the territory’s authorities
The proposed legislative protections outlined in the letter mirror those of theco-sponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio and Robert Menendez in February 2021. Rubio dedicated that initiative to “those Hong Kongers who have courageously stood up to defend the city they love from the CCP’s [Chinese Communist Party’s] persecution and open our doors to them.”Another of the bill’s co-sponsors, Sen.
President Joe Biden has not signaled where he stands on the bill and its potentially provocative impact on the fraught U.S.-China bilateral relationship. He has yet to formally respond to afrom the bicameral foreign affairs leadership — including Rep. Ami Bera , chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Asia, and Sen.
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